#8E252E#8E252E

#8E252E is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.073; OKLCH L 43.5% C 0.140 H 20.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E252E
RGB	rgb(142, 37, 46)
HSL	hsl(355, 59%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(355, 74%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.9%, 67.6%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.42, 44.27, 20.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.42, 48.95, 25.25°)
OKLab	oklab(43.46% 0.1308 0.0494)
OKLCH	oklch(43.46% 0.14 20.7)
XYZ	xyz(12.3113, 7.2730, 3.3398)
Luminance	0.0727 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8E252E #258E85

analogous

#8E2563 #8E252E #8E5025

triadic

#8E252E #2E8E25 #252E8E

tetradic

#8E252E #638E25 #258E85 #50258E

square

#8E252E #638E25 #258E85 #50258E

split-complementary

#8E252E #258E50 #25638E

monochromatic

#2D0C0F #5D181E #8E252E #BF323E #D45A64

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.56

#8E252E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.45

#8E252E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E252E

8.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E252E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E252E	1.00	8.56	2.45	8.56
#FFFFFF	8.56	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.56	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#423E2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D542B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C0029

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e252e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 37, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.5% 0.140 20.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b66866',
    500: '#8e252e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e252e;
$custom-light: #b66866;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e252e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.857,
    "s": 58.659,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4346,
    "c": 0.1398,
    "h": 20.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.07271
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E252E

secondary

#56B9B0

accent

#E2D446

background

#FCF6F6

surface

#F8EBEB

border

#D1C6C6

text

#120706

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E252E

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

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