#8E2730#8E2730

#8E2730 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.074; OKLCH L 43.7% C 0.138 H 20.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E2730
RGB	rgb(142, 39, 48)
HSL	hsl(355, 57%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(355, 73%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.5%, 66.2%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.74, 43.62, 20.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.74, 47.98, 24.63°)
OKLab	oklab(43.71% 0.1291 0.0477)
OKLCH	oklch(43.71% 0.138 20.3)
XYZ	xyz(12.4156, 7.4170, 3.5736)
Luminance	0.0741 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E2730 #278E85

analogous

#8E2763 #8E2730 #8E5127

triadic

#8E2730 #308E27 #27308E

tetradic

#8E2730 #638E27 #278E85 #51278E

square

#8E2730 #638E27 #278E85 #51278E

split-complementary

#8E2730 #278E51 #27638E

monochromatic

#2E0D10 #5E1A20 #8E2730 #BE3440 #D25D67

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.46

#8E2730 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.48

#8E2730 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E2730

8.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E2730	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E2730	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)

#433F30

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D552D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C072B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e2730;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 39, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.7% 0.138 20.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b66968',
    500: '#8e2730',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e2730;
$custom-light: #b66968;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e2730",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.757,
    "s": 56.906,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43708,
    "c": 0.13763,
    "h": 20.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.07415
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E2730

secondary

#59B8AF

accent

#E0D348

background

#FCF6F6

surface

#F8EBEB

border

#D1C6C6

text

#120706

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E2730

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

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