#8E242E#8E242E

#8E242E is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.072; OKLCH L 43.4% C 0.141 H 20.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E242E
RGB	rgb(142, 36, 46)
HSL	hsl(354, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(354, 75%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.6%, 67.6%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.28, 44.65, 20.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.28, 49.22, 24.88°)
OKLab	oklab(43.36% 0.132 0.049)
OKLCH	oklch(43.36% 0.141 20.4)
XYZ	xyz(12.2807, 7.2116, 3.3296)
Luminance	0.0721 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E242E #248E84

analogous

#8E2463 #8E242E #8E4F24

triadic

#8E242E #2E8E24 #242E8E

tetradic

#8E242E #638E24 #248E84 #4F248E

square

#8E242E #638E24 #248E84 #4F248E

split-complementary

#8E242E #248E4F #24638E

monochromatic

#2C0B0E #5D181E #8E242E #BF303E #D55864

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.60

#8E242E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.44

#8E242E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E242E

8.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E242E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E242E	1.00	8.60	2.44	8.60
#FFFFFF	8.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#423E2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D542B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C0029

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e242e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 36, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.4% 0.141 20.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b66766',
    500: '#8e242e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e242e;
$custom-light: #b66766;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e242e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.34,
    "s": 59.551,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43358,
    "c": 0.1408,
    "h": 20.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.0721
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E242E

secondary

#55B9B0

accent

#E3D445

background

#FCF6F6

surface

#F8EBEB

border

#D1C6C6

text

#120606

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E242E

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