#8E253E#8E253E

#8E253E is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.074; OKLCH L 43.8% C 0.140 H 11.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E253E
RGB	rgb(142, 37, 62)
HSL	hsl(346, 59%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(346, 74%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.9%, 56.3%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.75, 45.40, 10.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.75, 46.69, 13.54°)
OKLab	oklab(43.81% 0.1374 0.0275)
OKLCH	oklch(43.81% 0.14 11.3)
XYZ	xyz(12.6876, 7.4235, 5.3213)
Luminance	0.0742 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E253E #258E75

analogous

#8E2573 #8E253E #8E4025

triadic

#8E253E #3E8E25 #253E8E

tetradic

#8E253E #738E25 #258E75 #40258E

square

#8E253E #738E25 #258E75 #40258E

split-complementary

#8E253E #258E40 #25738E

monochromatic

#2D0C14 #5D1829 #8E253E #BF3253 #D45A77

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.45

#8E253E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.48

#8E253E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E253E

8.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E253E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E253E	1.00	8.45	2.48	8.45
#FFFFFF	8.45	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.48	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.45	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#403F3E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B553B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B0A2F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e253e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 37, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.8% 0.140 11.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b56873',
    500: '#8e253e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e253e;
$custom-light: #b56873;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e253e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 345.714,
    "s": 58.659,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43814,
    "c": 0.14012,
    "h": 11.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.07422
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E253E

secondary

#56B9A1

accent

#E2BD46

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F7EBEC

border

#D0C6C7

text

#120708

muted

#817A7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E253E

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

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