#8E243A#8E243A

#8E243A is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.073; OKLCH L 43.6% C 0.141 H 13.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E243A
RGB	rgb(142, 36, 58)
HSL	hsl(348, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(348, 75%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.6%, 59.2%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.52, 45.46, 13.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.52, 47.35, 16.23°)
OKLab	oklab(43.61% 0.1369 0.0329)
OKLCH	oklch(43.61% 0.141 13.5)
XYZ	xyz(12.5511, 7.3198, 4.7541)
Luminance	0.0732 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E243A #248E78

analogous

#8E246F #8E243A #8E4324

triadic

#8E243A #3A8E24 #243A8E

tetradic

#8E243A #6F8E24 #248E78 #43248E

square

#8E243A #6F8E24 #248E78 #43248E

split-complementary

#8E243A #248E43 #246F8E

monochromatic

#2C0B12 #5D1826 #8E243A #BF304E #D55872

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.52

#8E243A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.46

#8E243A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E243A

8.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E243A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E243A	1.00	8.52	2.46	8.52
#FFFFFF	8.52	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.52	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#403F3A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B5437

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C052D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e243a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 36, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.6% 0.141 13.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b5686f',
    500: '#8e243a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e243a;
$custom-light: #b5686f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e243a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 347.547,
    "s": 59.551,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43615,
    "c": 0.14083,
    "h": 13.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.07318
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E243A

secondary

#55B9A4

accent

#E3C245

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F7EBEC

border

#D0C6C7

text

#120707

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E243A

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

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