#8E282C#8E282C

#8E282C is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.074; OKLCH L 43.7% C 0.137 H 22.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E282C
RGB	rgb(142, 40, 44)
HSL	hsl(358, 56%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(358, 72%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.8%, 69%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.81, 42.98, 22.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.81, 48.58, 27.78°)
OKLab	oklab(43.74% 0.1262 0.0531)
OKLCH	oklch(43.74% 0.137 22.8)
XYZ	xyz(12.3701, 7.4520, 3.1694)
Luminance	0.0745 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E282C #288E8A

analogous

#8E285F #8E282C #8E5728

triadic

#8E282C #2C8E28 #282C8E

tetradic

#8E282C #5F8E28 #288E8A #57288E

square

#8E282C #5F8E28 #288E8A #57288E

split-complementary

#8E282C #288E57 #285F8E

monochromatic

#2F0D0E #5E1B1D #8E282C #BE353B #D25F63

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.43

#8E282C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.49

#8E282C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E282C

8.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E282C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E282C	1.00	8.43	2.49	8.43
#FFFFFF	8.43	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.43	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#443F2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E5529

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C072A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e282c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 40, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.7% 0.137 22.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b66965',
    500: '#8e282c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e282c;
$custom-light: #b66965;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e282c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.647,
    "s": 56.044,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43743,
    "c": 0.13692,
    "h": 22.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.0745
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E282C

secondary

#5BB7B4

accent

#DFD948

background

#FCF6F6

surface

#F8EBEB

border

#D1C6C6

text

#120705

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E282C

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