#8E2738#8E2738

#8E2738 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.075; OKLCH L 43.9% C 0.137 H 15.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E2738
RGB	rgb(142, 39, 56)
HSL	hsl(350, 57%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(350, 73%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.5%, 60.6%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.90, 44.16, 15.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.90, 46.65, 18.80°)
OKLab	oklab(43.88% 0.1324 0.037)
OKLCH	oklch(43.88% 0.137 15.6)
XYZ	xyz(12.5959, 7.4891, 4.5229)
Luminance	0.0749 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E2738 #278E7D

analogous

#8E276B #8E2738 #8E4927

triadic

#8E2738 #388E27 #27388E

tetradic

#8E2738 #6B8E27 #278E7D #49278E

square

#8E2738 #6B8E27 #278E7D #49278E

split-complementary

#8E2738 #278E49 #276B8E

monochromatic

#2E0D12 #5E1A25 #8E2738 #BE344B #D25D70

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.41

#8E2738 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.50

#8E2738 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E2738

8.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E2738	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E2738	1.00	8.41	2.50	8.41
#FFFFFF	8.41	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.41	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#424038

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C5535

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C0C2E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e2738;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 39, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.9% 0.137 15.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b5696e',
    500: '#8e2738',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e2738;
$custom-light: #b5696e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e2738",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 350.097,
    "s": 56.906,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43876,
    "c": 0.13749,
    "h": 15.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.07487
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E2738

secondary

#59B8A8

accent

#E0C748

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F7EBEB

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120707

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E2738

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

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