#8E282A#8E282A

#8E282A is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.074; OKLCH L 43.7% C 0.137 H 23.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E282A
RGB	rgb(142, 40, 42)
HSL	hsl(359, 56%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(359, 72%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.8%, 70.4%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.78, 42.87, 23.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.78, 49.06, 29.10°)
OKLab	oklab(43.71% 0.1254 0.0555)
OKLCH	oklch(43.71% 0.137 23.9)
XYZ	xyz(12.3334, 7.4373, 2.9762)
Luminance	0.0744 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8E282A #288E8C

analogous

#8E285D #8E282A #8E5928

triadic

#8E282A #2A8E28 #282A8E

tetradic

#8E282A #5D8E28 #288E8C #59288E

square

#8E282A #5D8E28 #288E8C #59288E

split-complementary

#8E282A #288E59 #285D8E

monochromatic

#2F0D0E #5E1B1C #8E282A #BE3538 #D25F61

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.44

#8E282A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.49

#8E282A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E282A

8.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E282A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E282A	1.00	8.44	2.49	8.44
#FFFFFF	8.44	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.44	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#453F29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E5527

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C062A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e282a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 40, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.7% 0.137 23.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b66963',
    500: '#8e282a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e282a;
$custom-light: #b66963;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e282a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.824,
    "s": 56.044,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43709,
    "c": 0.13713,
    "h": 23.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.07436
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E282A

secondary

#5BB7B5

accent

#DFDC48

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBEA

border

#D1C6C6

text

#130705

muted

#827A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E282A

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