#8E202E#8E202E

#8E202E is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.070; OKLCH L 43.0% C 0.145 H 19.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E202E
RGB	rgb(142, 32, 46)
HSL	hsl(352, 63%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(352, 77%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 77.5%, 67.6%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.77, 46.09, 20.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.77, 50.26, 23.52°)
OKLab	oklab(42.98% 0.1366 0.0475)
OKLCH	oklch(42.98% 0.145 19.2)
XYZ	xyz(12.1663, 6.9829, 3.2915)
Luminance	0.0698 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8E202E #208E80

analogous

#8E2065 #8E202E #8E4920

triadic

#8E202E #2E8E20 #202E8E

tetradic

#8E202E #658E20 #208E80 #49208E

square

#8E202E #658E20 #208E80 #49208E

split-complementary

#8E202E #208E49 #20658E

monochromatic

#2A090E #5C151E #8E202E #C02B3E #D85162

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.76

#8E202E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.40

#8E202E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E202E

8.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E202E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E202E	1.00	8.76	2.40	8.76
#FFFFFF	8.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#403C2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B532B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C0026

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e202e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 32, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.0% 0.145 19.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b66666',
    500: '#8e202e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e202e;
$custom-light: #b66666;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e202e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 32,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 352.364,
    "s": 63.218,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42975,
    "c": 0.14462,
    "h": 19.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.06981
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E202E

secondary

#4FBBAD

accent

#E6D142

background

#FCF6F6

surface

#F8EBEB

border

#D1C6C6

text

#130606

muted

#827A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E202E

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

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