#8E202C#8E202C

#8E202C is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.070; OKLCH L 42.9% C 0.145 H 20.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E202C
RGB	rgb(142, 32, 44)
HSL	hsl(353, 63%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(353, 77%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 77.5%, 69%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.73, 45.98, 21.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.73, 50.67, 24.86°)
OKLab	oklab(42.94% 0.1358 0.0501)
OKLCH	oklch(42.94% 0.145 20.2)
XYZ	xyz(12.1278, 6.9675, 3.0887)
Luminance	0.0697 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E202C #208E82

analogous

#8E2063 #8E202C #8E4B20

triadic

#8E202C #2C8E20 #202C8E

tetradic

#8E202C #638E20 #208E82 #4B208E

square

#8E202C #638E20 #208E82 #4B208E

split-complementary

#8E202C #208E4B #20638E

monochromatic

#2A090D #5C151D #8E202C #C02B3B #D8515F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.77

#8E202C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.39

#8E202C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E202C

8.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E202C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E202C	1.00	8.77	2.39	8.77
#FFFFFF	8.77	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.77	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#403C2C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C5329

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C0025

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e202c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 32, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.9% 0.145 20.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b66665',
    500: '#8e202c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e202c;
$custom-light: #b66665;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e202c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 32,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.455,
    "s": 63.218,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42938,
    "c": 0.14471,
    "h": 20.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.06966
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E202C

secondary

#4FBBAF

accent

#E6D442

background

#FCF6F6

surface

#F8EBEB

border

#D1C6C6

text

#130605

muted

#827A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E202C

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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