#8E2833#8E2833

#8E2833 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.075; OKLCH L 43.9% C 0.136 H 18.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E2833
RGB	rgb(142, 40, 51)
HSL	hsl(354, 56%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(354, 72%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.8%, 64.1%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.94, 43.41, 18.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.94, 47.12, 22.89°)
OKLab	oklab(43.88% 0.1291 0.0442)
OKLCH	oklch(43.88% 0.136 18.9)
XYZ	xyz(12.5129, 7.5092, 3.9219)
Luminance	0.0751 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E2833 #288E83

analogous

#8E2866 #8E2833 #8E5028

triadic

#8E2833 #338E28 #28338E

tetradic

#8E2833 #668E28 #288E83 #50288E

square

#8E2833 #668E28 #288E83 #50288E

split-complementary

#8E2833 #288E50 #28668E

monochromatic

#2F0D11 #5E1B22 #8E2833 #BE3544 #D25F6B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.40

#8E2833 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.50

#8E2833 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E2833

8.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E2833	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E2833	1.00	8.40	2.50	8.40
#FFFFFF	8.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#434033

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D5530

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C0B2D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e2833;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 40, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.9% 0.136 18.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b5696a',
    500: '#8e2833',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e2833;
$custom-light: #b5696a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e2833",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.529,
    "s": 56.044,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43876,
    "c": 0.13643,
    "h": 18.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.07507
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E2833

secondary

#5BB7AD

accent

#DFCF48

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F7EBEB

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120706

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E2833

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

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