#8E2533#8E2533

#8E2533 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.073; OKLCH L 43.6% C 0.140 H 17.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E2533
RGB	rgb(142, 37, 51)
HSL	hsl(352, 59%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(352, 74%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.9%, 64.1%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.51, 44.59, 17.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.51, 48.00, 21.73°)
OKLab	oklab(43.56% 0.1328 0.0429)
OKLCH	oklch(43.56% 0.14 17.9)
XYZ	xyz(12.4157, 7.3147, 3.8894)
Luminance	0.0731 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E2533 #258E80

analogous

#8E2567 #8E2533 #8E4B25

triadic

#8E2533 #338E25 #25338E

tetradic

#8E2533 #678E25 #258E80 #4B258E

square

#8E2533 #678E25 #258E80 #4B258E

split-complementary

#8E2533 #258E4B #25678E

monochromatic

#2D0C10 #5D1822 #8E2533 #BF3244 #D45A6A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.53

#8E2533 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.46

#8E2533 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E2533

8.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E2533	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E2533	1.00	8.53	2.46	8.53
#FFFFFF	8.53	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.53	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#423E33

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C5530

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C032B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e2533;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 37, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.6% 0.140 17.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b6686a',
    500: '#8e2533',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e2533;
$custom-light: #b6686a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e2533",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 352,
    "s": 58.659,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43559,
    "c": 0.1396,
    "h": 17.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.07313
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E2533

secondary

#56B9AB

accent

#E2CD46

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F7EBEB

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120706

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E2533

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

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