#8E2739#8E2739

#8E2739 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.075; OKLCH L 43.9% C 0.138 H 15.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E2739
RGB	rgb(142, 39, 57)
HSL	hsl(350, 57%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(350, 73%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.5%, 59.9%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.92, 44.24, 14.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.92, 46.53, 18.05°)
OKLab	oklab(43.9% 0.1329 0.0356)
OKLCH	oklch(43.9% 0.138 15)
XYZ	xyz(12.6206, 7.4990, 4.6530)
Luminance	0.0750 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E2739 #278E7C

analogous

#8E276C #8E2739 #8E4927

triadic

#8E2739 #398E27 #27398E

tetradic

#8E2739 #6C8E27 #278E7C #49278E

square

#8E2739 #6C8E27 #278E7C #49278E

split-complementary

#8E2739 #278E49 #276C8E

monochromatic

#2E0D12 #5E1A26 #8E2739 #BE344C #D25D71

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.40

#8E2739 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.50

#8E2739 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E2739

8.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E2739	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E2739	1.00	8.40	2.50	8.40
#FFFFFF	8.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#424039

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C5536

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C0C2E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e2739;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 39, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.9% 0.138 15.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b5696f',
    500: '#8e2739',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e2739;
$custom-light: #b5696f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e2739",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 349.515,
    "s": 56.906,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43899,
    "c": 0.13753,
    "h": 15
  },
  "luminance": 0.07497
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E2739

secondary

#59B8A7

accent

#E0C648

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F7EBEC

border

#D0C6C7

text

#120707

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E2739

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

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