#8E253D#8E253D

#8E253D is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.074; OKLCH L 43.8% C 0.140 H 11.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E253D
RGB	rgb(142, 37, 61)
HSL	hsl(346, 59%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(346, 74%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.9%, 57%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.73, 45.32, 11.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.73, 46.77, 14.30°)
OKLab	oklab(43.79% 0.137 0.029)
OKLCH	oklch(43.79% 0.14 11.9)
XYZ	xyz(12.6604, 7.4126, 5.1781)
Luminance	0.0741 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E253D #258E76

analogous

#8E2571 #8E253D #8E4225

triadic

#8E253D #3D8E25 #253D8E

tetradic

#8E253D #718E25 #258E76 #42258E

square

#8E253D #718E25 #258E76 #42258E

split-complementary

#8E253D #258E42 #25718E

monochromatic

#2D0C13 #5D1828 #8E253D #BF3252 #D45A75

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.46

#8E253D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.48

#8E253D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E253D

8.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E253D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E253D	1.00	8.46	2.48	8.46
#FFFFFF	8.46	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.48	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.46	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#403F3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B553A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B0A2F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e253d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 37, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.8% 0.140 11.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b56872',
    500: '#8e253d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e253d;
$custom-light: #b56872;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e253d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 346.286,
    "s": 58.659,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43789,
    "c": 0.14001,
    "h": 11.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.07411
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E253D

secondary

#56B9A2

accent

#E2BE46

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F7EBEC

border

#D0C6C7

text

#120707

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E253D

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

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