#8E2428#8E2428

#8E2428 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.072; OKLCH L 43.3% C 0.141 H 23.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E2428
RGB	rgb(142, 36, 40)
HSL	hsl(358, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(358, 75%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.6%, 71.8%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.19, 44.32, 24.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.19, 50.59, 28.84°)
OKLab	oklab(43.25% 0.1296 0.0563)
OKLCH	oklch(43.25% 0.141 23.5)
XYZ	xyz(12.1706, 7.1676, 2.7497)
Luminance	0.0717 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E2428 #248E8A

analogous

#8E245D #8E2428 #8E5524

triadic

#8E2428 #288E24 #24288E

tetradic

#8E2428 #5D8E24 #248E8A #55248E

square

#8E2428 #5D8E24 #248E8A #55248E

split-complementary

#8E2428 #248E55 #245D8E

monochromatic

#2C0B0C #5D181A #8E2428 #BF3036 #D5585D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.63

#8E2428 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.43

#8E2428 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E2428

8.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E2428	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E2428	1.00	8.63	2.43	8.63
#FFFFFF	8.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#433D27

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D5425

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C0027

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e2428;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 36, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.3% 0.141 23.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b66762',
    500: '#8e2428',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e2428;
$custom-light: #b66762;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e2428",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.736,
    "s": 59.551,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43253,
    "c": 0.1413,
    "h": 23.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.07166
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E2428

secondary

#55B9B5

accent

#E3DD45

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBEA

border

#D1C6C6

text

#130605

muted

#827A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E2428

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

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