#8E252A#8E252A

#8E252A is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.072; OKLCH L 43.4% C 0.140 H 22.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E252A
RGB	rgb(142, 37, 42)
HSL	hsl(357, 59%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(357, 74%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.9%, 70.4%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.35, 44.05, 23.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.35, 49.85, 27.92°)
OKLab	oklab(43.39% 0.1292 0.0543)
OKLCH	oklch(43.39% 0.14 22.8)
XYZ	xyz(12.2362, 7.2429, 2.9438)
Luminance	0.0724 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E252A #258E89

analogous

#8E255E #8E252A #8E5525

triadic

#8E252A #2A8E25 #252A8E

tetradic

#8E252A #5E8E25 #258E89 #55258E

square

#8E252A #5E8E25 #258E89 #55258E

split-complementary

#8E252A #258E55 #255E8E

monochromatic

#2D0C0D #5D181C #8E252A #BF3238 #D45A5F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.58

#8E252A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.45

#8E252A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E252A

8.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E252A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E252A	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)

#433E29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D5427

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C0028

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e252a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 37, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.4% 0.140 22.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b66863',
    500: '#8e252a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e252a;
$custom-light: #b66863;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e252a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.143,
    "s": 58.659,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43389,
    "c": 0.14012,
    "h": 22.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.07241
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E252A

secondary

#56B9B4

accent

#E2DA46

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBEA

border

#D1C6C6

text

#130705

muted

#827A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E252A

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

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