#8E2432#8E2432

#8E2432 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.072; OKLCH L 43.4% C 0.141 H 18.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E2432
RGB	rgb(142, 36, 50)
HSL	hsl(352, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(352, 75%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.6%, 64.8%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.36, 44.90, 18.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.36, 48.46, 22.09°)
OKLab	oklab(43.44% 0.1336 0.0438)
OKLCH	oklch(43.44% 0.141 18.2)
XYZ	xyz(12.3632, 7.2446, 3.7643)
Luminance	0.0724 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E2432 #248E80

analogous

#8E2467 #8E2432 #8E4B24

triadic

#8E2432 #328E24 #24328E

tetradic

#8E2432 #678E24 #248E80 #4B248E

square

#8E2432 #678E24 #248E80 #4B248E

split-complementary

#8E2432 #248E4B #24678E

monochromatic

#2C0B10 #5D1821 #8E2432 #BF3043 #D55868

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.58

#8E2432 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.45

#8E2432 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E2432

8.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E2432	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E2432	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)

#413E32

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C542F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C002A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e2432;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 36, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.4% 0.141 18.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b66769',
    500: '#8e2432',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e2432;
$custom-light: #b66769;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e2432",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 352.075,
    "s": 59.551,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43437,
    "c": 0.14063,
    "h": 18.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.07243
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E2432

secondary

#55B9AC

accent

#E3CE45

background

#FCF6F6

surface

#F8EBEB

border

#D1C6C6

text

#120706

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E2432

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

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