#8E243B#8E243B

#8E243B is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.073; OKLCH L 43.6% C 0.141 H 12.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E243B
RGB	rgb(142, 36, 59)
HSL	hsl(347, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(347, 75%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.6%, 58.5%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.55, 45.54, 12.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.55, 47.25, 15.48°)
OKLab	oklab(43.64% 0.1374 0.0314)
OKLCH	oklch(43.64% 0.141 12.9)
XYZ	xyz(12.5768, 7.3301, 4.8894)
Luminance	0.0733 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E243B #248E77

analogous

#8E2470 #8E243B #8E4224

triadic

#8E243B #3B8E24 #243B8E

tetradic

#8E243B #708E24 #248E77 #42248E

square

#8E243B #708E24 #248E77 #42248E

split-complementary

#8E243B #248E42 #24708E

monochromatic

#2C0B12 #5D1827 #8E243B #BF304F #D55873

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.52

#8E243B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.47

#8E243B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E243B

8.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E243B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E243B	1.00	8.52	2.47	8.52
#FFFFFF	8.52	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.52	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#403F3B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B5438

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C052D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e243b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 36, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.6% 0.141 12.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b56870',
    500: '#8e243b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e243b;
$custom-light: #b56870;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e243b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 346.981,
    "s": 59.551,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43639,
    "c": 0.14091,
    "h": 12.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.07328
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E243B

secondary

#55B9A3

accent

#E3C145

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F7EBEC

border

#D0C6C7

text

#120707

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E243B

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

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