#8E2431#8E2431

#8E2431 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.072; OKLCH L 43.4% C 0.141 H 18.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E2431
RGB	rgb(142, 36, 49)
HSL	hsl(353, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(353, 75%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.6%, 65.5%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.34, 44.84, 18.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.34, 48.64, 22.79°)
OKLab	oklab(43.42% 0.1332 0.0452)
OKLCH	oklch(43.42% 0.141 18.7)
XYZ	xyz(12.3419, 7.2361, 3.6520)
Luminance	0.0723 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E2431 #248E81

analogous

#8E2466 #8E2431 #8E4C24

triadic

#8E2431 #318E24 #24318E

tetradic

#8E2431 #668E24 #248E81 #4C248E

square

#8E2431 #668E24 #248E81 #4C248E

split-complementary

#8E2431 #248E4C #24668E

monochromatic

#2C0B0F #5D1820 #8E2431 #BF3042 #D55867

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.58

#8E2431 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.45

#8E2431 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E2431

8.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E2431	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E2431	1.00	8.58	2.45	8.58
#FFFFFF	8.58	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.58	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#413E31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C542E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C002A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e2431;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 36, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.4% 0.141 18.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b66769',
    500: '#8e2431',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e2431;
$custom-light: #b66769;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e2431",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 352.642,
    "s": 59.551,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43417,
    "c": 0.14066,
    "h": 18.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.07234
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E2431

secondary

#55B9AD

accent

#E3CF45

background

#FCF6F6

surface

#F8EBEB

border

#D1C6C6

text

#120606

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E2431

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

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