#8E253A#8E253A

#8E253A is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.074; OKLCH L 43.7% C 0.140 H 13.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E253A
RGB	rgb(142, 37, 58)
HSL	hsl(348, 59%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(348, 74%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.9%, 59.2%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.66, 45.08, 13.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.66, 47.04, 16.58°)
OKLab	oklab(43.72% 0.1357 0.0333)
OKLCH	oklch(43.72% 0.14 13.8)
XYZ	xyz(12.5818, 7.3812, 4.7644)
Luminance	0.0738 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E253A #258E79

analogous

#8E256E #8E253A #8E4525

triadic

#8E253A #3A8E25 #253A8E

tetradic

#8E253A #6E8E25 #258E79 #45258E

square

#8E253A #6E8E25 #258E79 #45258E

split-complementary

#8E253A #258E45 #256E8E

monochromatic

#2D0C12 #5D1826 #8E253A #BF324E #D45A72

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.48

#8E253A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.48

#8E253A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E253A

8.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E253A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E253A	1.00	8.48	2.48	8.48
#FFFFFF	8.48	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.48	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.48	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#403F3A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B5537

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C072E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e253a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 37, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.7% 0.140 13.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b5686f',
    500: '#8e253a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e253a;
$custom-light: #b5686f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e253a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 348,
    "s": 58.659,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43715,
    "c": 0.13976,
    "h": 13.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.07379
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E253A

secondary

#56B9A5

accent

#E2C346

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F7EBEC

border

#D0C6C7

text

#120707

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E253A

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

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