#8E253B#8E253B

#8E253B is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.074; OKLCH L 43.7% C 0.140 H 13.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E253B
RGB	rgb(142, 37, 59)
HSL	hsl(347, 59%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(347, 74%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.9%, 58.5%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.68, 45.16, 12.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.68, 46.94, 15.82°)
OKLab	oklab(43.74% 0.1362 0.0319)
OKLCH	oklch(43.74% 0.14 13.2)
XYZ	xyz(12.6075, 7.3915, 4.8996)
Luminance	0.0739 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E253B #258E78

analogous

#8E256F #8E253B #8E4425

triadic

#8E253B #3B8E25 #253B8E

tetradic

#8E253B #6F8E25 #258E78 #44258E

square

#8E253B #6F8E25 #258E78 #44258E

split-complementary

#8E253B #258E44 #256F8E

monochromatic

#2D0C13 #5D1827 #8E253B #BF324F #D45A73

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.47

#8E253B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.48

#8E253B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E253B

8.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E253B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E253B	1.00	8.47	2.48	8.47
#FFFFFF	8.47	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.48	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.47	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#403F3B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B5538

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C082E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e253b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 37, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.7% 0.140 13.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b56870',
    500: '#8e253b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e253b;
$custom-light: #b56870;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e253b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 347.429,
    "s": 58.659,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43739,
    "c": 0.13984,
    "h": 13.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.0739
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E253B

secondary

#56B9A4

accent

#E2C146

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F7EBEC

border

#D0C6C7

text

#120707

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E253B

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

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