#8E282E#8E282E

#8E282E is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.075; OKLCH L 43.8% C 0.137 H 21.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E282E
RGB	rgb(142, 40, 46)
HSL	hsl(356, 56%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(356, 72%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.8%, 67.6%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.85, 43.10, 21.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.85, 48.12, 26.42°)
OKLab	oklab(43.78% 0.127 0.0506)
OKLCH	oklch(43.78% 0.137 21.7)
XYZ	xyz(12.4086, 7.4674, 3.3722)
Luminance	0.0747 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E282E #288E88

analogous

#8E2861 #8E282E #8E5528

triadic

#8E282E #2E8E28 #282E8E

tetradic

#8E282E #618E28 #288E88 #55288E

square

#8E282E #618E28 #288E88 #55288E

split-complementary

#8E282E #288E55 #28618E

monochromatic

#2F0D0F #5E1B1F #8E282E #BE353D #D25F65

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.42

#8E282E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.49

#8E282E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E282E

8.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E282E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E282E	1.00	8.42	2.49	8.42
#FFFFFF	8.42	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.42	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#443F2D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E552B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C082B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e282e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 40, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.8% 0.137 21.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b66966',
    500: '#8e282e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e282e;
$custom-light: #b66966;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e282e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.471,
    "s": 56.044,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43779,
    "c": 0.13674,
    "h": 21.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.07466
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E282E

secondary

#5BB7B2

accent

#DFD648

background

#FCF6F6

surface

#F8EBEB

border

#D1C6C6

text

#120706

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E282E

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