#8E2535#8E2535

#8E2535 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.073; OKLCH L 43.6% C 0.140 H 16.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E2535
RGB	rgb(142, 37, 53)
HSL	hsl(351, 59%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(351, 74%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.9%, 62.7%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.55, 44.72, 16.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.55, 47.68, 20.29°)
OKLab	oklab(43.6% 0.1337 0.0402)
OKLCH	oklch(43.6% 0.14 16.7)
XYZ	xyz(12.4608, 7.3328, 4.1267)
Luminance	0.0733 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E2535 #258E7E

analogous

#8E256A #8E2535 #8E4925

triadic

#8E2535 #358E25 #25358E

tetradic

#8E2535 #6A8E25 #258E7E #49258E

square

#8E2535 #6A8E25 #258E7E #49258E

split-complementary

#8E2535 #258E49 #256A8E

monochromatic

#2D0C11 #5D1823 #8E2535 #BF3247 #D45A6C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.52

#8E2535 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.47

#8E2535 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E2535

8.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E2535	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E2535	1.00	8.52	2.47	8.52
#FFFFFF	8.52	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.52	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#413F35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C5532

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C042C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e2535;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 37, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.6% 0.140 16.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b5686c',
    500: '#8e2535',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e2535;
$custom-light: #b5686c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e2535",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 350.857,
    "s": 58.659,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43601,
    "c": 0.13959,
    "h": 16.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.07331
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E2535

secondary

#56B9AA

accent

#E2CA46

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F7EBEB

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120706

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E2535

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →