#8E252C#8E252C

#8E252C is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.073; OKLCH L 43.4% C 0.140 H 21.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E252C
RGB	rgb(142, 37, 44)
HSL	hsl(356, 59%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(356, 74%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.9%, 69%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.39, 44.16, 22.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.39, 49.38, 26.60°)
OKLab	oklab(43.42% 0.13 0.0519)
OKLCH	oklch(43.42% 0.14 21.8)
XYZ	xyz(12.2728, 7.2576, 3.1370)
Luminance	0.0726 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E252C #258E87

analogous

#8E2560 #8E252C #8E5225

triadic

#8E252C #2C8E25 #252C8E

tetradic

#8E252C #608E25 #258E87 #52258E

square

#8E252C #608E25 #258E87 #52258E

split-complementary

#8E252C #258E52 #25608E

monochromatic

#2D0C0E #5D181D #8E252C #BF323B #D45A62

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.57

#8E252C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.45

#8E252C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E252C

8.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E252C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E252C	1.00	8.57	2.45	8.57
#FFFFFF	8.57	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.57	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#433E2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D5429

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C0029

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e252c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 37, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.4% 0.140 21.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b66865',
    500: '#8e252c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e252c;
$custom-light: #b66865;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e252c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356,
    "s": 58.659,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43424,
    "c": 0.13995,
    "h": 21.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.07256
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E252C

secondary

#56B9B2

accent

#E2D746

background

#FCF6F6

surface

#F8EBEB

border

#D1C6C6

text

#130705

muted

#827A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E252C

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

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