#8E2829#8E2829

#8E2829 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.074; OKLCH L 43.7% C 0.137 H 24.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E2829
RGB	rgb(142, 40, 41)
HSL	hsl(359, 56%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(359, 72%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.8%, 71.1%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.77, 42.81, 24.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.77, 49.31, 29.75°)
OKLab	oklab(43.69% 0.125 0.0566)
OKLCH	oklch(43.69% 0.137 24.4)
XYZ	xyz(12.3157, 7.4303, 2.8831)
Luminance	0.0743 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8E2829 #288E8D

analogous

#8E285C #8E2829 #8E5A28

triadic

#8E2829 #298E28 #28298E

tetradic

#8E2829 #5C8E28 #288E8D #5A288E

square

#8E2829 #5C8E28 #288E8D #5A288E

split-complementary

#8E2829 #288E5A #285C8E

monochromatic

#2F0D0D #5E1B1B #8E2829 #BE3537 #D25F60

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.45

#8E2829 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.49

#8E2829 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E2829

8.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E2829	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E2829	1.00	8.45	2.49	8.45
#FFFFFF	8.45	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.45	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#453F28

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E5526

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C062A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e2829;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 40, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.7% 0.137 24.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b66963',
    500: '#8e2829',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e2829;
$custom-light: #b66963;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e2829",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.412,
    "s": 56.044,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43692,
    "c": 0.13726,
    "h": 24.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.07428
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E2829

secondary

#5BB7B6

accent

#DFDE48

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBEA

border

#D1C6C6

text

#130705

muted

#827A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E2829

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

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