#8E2736#8E2736

#8E2736 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.075; OKLCH L 43.8% C 0.137 H 16.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E2736
RGB	rgb(142, 39, 54)
HSL	hsl(351, 57%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(351, 73%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.5%, 62%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.85, 44.02, 16.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.85, 46.93, 20.30°)
OKLab	oklab(43.83% 0.1316 0.0397)
OKLCH	oklch(43.83% 0.137 16.8)
XYZ	xyz(12.5479, 7.4699, 4.2704)
Luminance	0.0747 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E2736 #278E7F

analogous

#8E2769 #8E2736 #8E4B27

triadic

#8E2736 #368E27 #27368E

tetradic

#8E2736 #698E27 #278E7F #4B278E

square

#8E2736 #698E27 #278E7F #4B278E

split-complementary

#8E2736 #278E4B #27698E

monochromatic

#2E0D11 #5E1A24 #8E2736 #BE3448 #D25D6E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.42

#8E2736 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.49

#8E2736 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E2736

8.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E2736	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E2736	1.00	8.42	2.49	8.42
#FFFFFF	8.42	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.42	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#424036

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D5533

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C0A2D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e2736;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 39, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.8% 0.137 16.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b5696c',
    500: '#8e2736',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e2736;
$custom-light: #b5696c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e2736",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 351.262,
    "s": 56.906,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43832,
    "c": 0.13746,
    "h": 16.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.07468
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E2736

secondary

#59B8AA

accent

#E0CA48

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F7EBEB

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120707

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E2736

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

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