#8E252F#8E252F

#8E252F is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.073; OKLCH L 43.5% C 0.140 H 20.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E252F
RGB	rgb(142, 37, 47)
HSL	hsl(354, 59%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(354, 74%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.9%, 66.9%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.44, 44.33, 20.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.44, 48.74, 24.56°)
OKLab	oklab(43.48% 0.1312 0.0481)
OKLCH	oklch(43.48% 0.14 20.1)
XYZ	xyz(12.3313, 7.2810, 3.4448)
Luminance	0.0728 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8E252F #258E84

analogous

#8E2563 #8E252F #8E5025

triadic

#8E252F #2F8E25 #252F8E

tetradic

#8E252F #638E25 #258E84 #50258E

square

#8E252F #638E25 #258E84 #50258E

split-complementary

#8E252F #258E50 #25638E

monochromatic

#2D0C0F #5D181F #8E252F #BF323F #D45A65

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.55

#8E252F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.46

#8E252F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E252F

8.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E252F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E252F	1.00	8.55	2.46	8.55
#FFFFFF	8.55	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.55	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#423E2F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D542C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C012A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e252f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 37, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.5% 0.140 20.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b66867',
    500: '#8e252f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e252f;
$custom-light: #b66867;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e252f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.286,
    "s": 58.659,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43479,
    "c": 0.13974,
    "h": 20.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.07279
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E252F

secondary

#56B9AF

accent

#E2D346

background

#FCF6F6

surface

#F8EBEB

border

#D1C6C6

text

#120706

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E252F

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

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