#8E2430#8E2430

#8E2430 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.072; OKLCH L 43.4% C 0.141 H 19.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E2430
RGB	rgb(142, 36, 48)
HSL	hsl(353, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(353, 75%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.6%, 66.2%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.32, 44.77, 19.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.32, 48.82, 23.50°)
OKLab	oklab(43.4% 0.1328 0.0465)
OKLCH	oklch(43.4% 0.141 19.3)
XYZ	xyz(12.3210, 7.2277, 3.5421)
Luminance	0.0723 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E2430 #248E82

analogous

#8E2465 #8E2430 #8E4D24

triadic

#8E2430 #308E24 #24308E

tetradic

#8E2430 #658E24 #248E82 #4D248E

square

#8E2430 #658E24 #248E82 #4D248E

split-complementary

#8E2430 #248E4D #24658E

monochromatic

#2C0B0F #5D181F #8E2430 #BF3041 #D55866

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.59

#8E2430 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.45

#8E2430 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E2430

8.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E2430	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E2430	1.00	8.59	2.45	8.59
#FFFFFF	8.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#423E30

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C542D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C0029

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e2430;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 36, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.4% 0.141 19.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b66768',
    500: '#8e2430',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e2430;
$custom-light: #b66768;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e2430",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.208,
    "s": 59.551,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43397,
    "c": 0.1407,
    "h": 19.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.07226
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E2430

secondary

#55B9AE

accent

#E3D145

background

#FCF6F6

surface

#F8EBEB

border

#D1C6C6

text

#120606

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E2430

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

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