#8E282D#8E282D

#8E282D is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.075; OKLCH L 43.8% C 0.137 H 22.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E282D
RGB	rgb(142, 40, 45)
HSL	hsl(357, 56%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(357, 72%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.8%, 68.3%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.83, 43.04, 22.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.83, 48.35, 27.10°)
OKLab	oklab(43.76% 0.1266 0.0518)
OKLCH	oklch(43.76% 0.137 22.3)
XYZ	xyz(12.3891, 7.4596, 3.2696)
Luminance	0.0746 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E282D #288E89

analogous

#8E2860 #8E282D #8E5628

triadic

#8E282D #2D8E28 #282D8E

tetradic

#8E282D #608E28 #288E89 #56288E

square

#8E282D #608E28 #288E89 #56288E

split-complementary

#8E282D #288E56 #28608E

monochromatic

#2F0D0F #5E1B1E #8E282D #BE353C #D25F64

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.43

#8E282D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.49

#8E282D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E282D

8.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E282D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E282D	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)

#443F2C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E552A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C082B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e282d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 40, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.8% 0.137 22.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b66966',
    500: '#8e282d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e282d;
$custom-light: #b66966;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e282d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.059,
    "s": 56.044,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43761,
    "c": 0.13682,
    "h": 22.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.07458
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E282D

secondary

#5BB7B3

accent

#DFD848

background

#FCF6F6

surface

#F8EBEB

border

#D1C6C6

text

#120705

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E282D

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

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