#8E2437#8E2437

#8E2437 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.073; OKLCH L 43.5% C 0.141 H 15.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E2437
RGB	rgb(142, 36, 55)
HSL	hsl(349, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(349, 75%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.6%, 61.3%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.46, 45.24, 15.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.46, 47.70, 18.46°)
OKLab	oklab(43.55% 0.1357 0.0371)
OKLCH	oklch(43.55% 0.141 15.3)
XYZ	xyz(12.4770, 7.2902, 4.3638)
Luminance	0.0729 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E2437 #248E7B

analogous

#8E246C #8E2437 #8E4624

triadic

#8E2437 #378E24 #24378E

tetradic

#8E2437 #6C8E24 #248E7B #46248E

square

#8E2437 #6C8E24 #248E7B #46248E

split-complementary

#8E2437 #248E46 #246C8E

monochromatic

#2C0B11 #5D1824 #8E2437 #BF304A #D5586E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.54

#8E2437 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.46

#8E2437 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E2437

8.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E2437	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E2437	1.00	8.54	2.46	8.54
#FFFFFF	8.54	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.54	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#403E37

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C5434

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C032C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e2437;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 36, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.5% 0.141 15.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b5686d',
    500: '#8e2437',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e2437;
$custom-light: #b5686d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e2437",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 349.245,
    "s": 59.551,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43545,
    "c": 0.14067,
    "h": 15.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.07288
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E2437

secondary

#55B9A7

accent

#E3C645

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F7EBEB

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120707

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E2437

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

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