#8E2729#8E2729

#8E2729 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.074; OKLCH L 43.6% C 0.138 H 24.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E2729
RGB	rgb(142, 39, 41)
HSL	hsl(359, 57%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(359, 73%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.5%, 71.1%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.62, 43.21, 24.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.62, 49.57, 29.35°)
OKLab	oklab(43.58% 0.1263 0.0563)
OKLCH	oklch(43.58% 0.138 24)
XYZ	xyz(12.2824, 7.3637, 2.8720)
Luminance	0.0736 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E2729 #278E8C

analogous

#8E275C #8E2729 #8E5827

triadic

#8E2729 #298E27 #27298E

tetradic

#8E2729 #5C8E27 #278E8C #58278E

square

#8E2729 #5C8E27 #278E8C #58278E

split-complementary

#8E2729 #278E58 #275C8E

monochromatic

#2E0D0D #5E1A1B #8E2729 #BE3437 #D25D5F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.49

#8E2729 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.47

#8E2729 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E2729

8.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E2729	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E2729	1.00	8.49	2.47	8.49
#FFFFFF	8.49	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.49	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#443F28

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E5526

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C0329

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e2729;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 39, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.6% 0.138 24.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b66962',
    500: '#8e2729',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e2729;
$custom-light: #b66962;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e2729",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.835,
    "s": 56.906,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43583,
    "c": 0.13826,
    "h": 24
  },
  "luminance": 0.07362
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E2729

secondary

#59B8B6

accent

#E0DD48

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBEA

border

#D1C6C6

text

#130705

muted

#827A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E2729

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

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