#8E243E#8E243E

#8E243E is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.074; OKLCH L 43.7% C 0.141 H 11.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E243E
RGB	rgb(142, 36, 62)
HSL	hsl(345, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(345, 75%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.6%, 56.3%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.62, 45.77, 10.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.62, 47.02, 13.21°)
OKLab	oklab(43.71% 0.1386 0.0271)
OKLCH	oklch(43.71% 0.141 11.1)
XYZ	xyz(12.6569, 7.3621, 5.3110)
Luminance	0.0736 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E243E #248E74

analogous

#8E2473 #8E243E #8E3F24

triadic

#8E243E #3E8E24 #243E8E

tetradic

#8E243E #738E24 #248E74 #3F248E

square

#8E243E #738E24 #248E74 #3F248E

split-complementary

#8E243E #248E3F #24738E

monochromatic

#2C0B13 #5D1829 #8E243E #BF3053 #D55876

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.50

#8E243E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.47

#8E243E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E243E

8.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E243E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E243E	1.00	8.50	2.47	8.50
#FFFFFF	8.50	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.50	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3F3F3E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B553B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B082F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e243e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 36, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.7% 0.141 11.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b56873',
    500: '#8e243e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e243e;
$custom-light: #b56873;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e243e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 345.283,
    "s": 59.551,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43714,
    "c": 0.14121,
    "h": 11.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.0736
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E243E

secondary

#55B9A0

accent

#E3BC45

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F7EBEC

border

#D0C6C7

text

#120708

muted

#817A7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E243E

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

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