#8E2836#8E2836

#8E2836 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.075; OKLCH L 43.9% C 0.136 H 17.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E2836
RGB	rgb(142, 40, 54)
HSL	hsl(352, 56%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(352, 72%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.8%, 62%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.00, 43.62, 16.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.00, 46.62, 20.69°)
OKLab	oklab(43.94% 0.1303 0.0402)
OKLCH	oklch(43.94% 0.136 17.1)
XYZ	xyz(12.5812, 7.5365, 4.2815)
Luminance	0.0754 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E2836 #288E80

analogous

#8E2869 #8E2836 #8E4D28

triadic

#8E2836 #368E28 #28368E

tetradic

#8E2836 #698E28 #288E80 #4D288E

square

#8E2836 #698E28 #288E80 #4D288E

split-complementary

#8E2836 #288E4D #28698E

monochromatic

#2F0D12 #5E1B24 #8E2836 #BE3548 #D25F6E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.38

#8E2836 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.51

#8E2836 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E2836

8.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E2836	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E2836	1.00	8.38	2.51	8.38
#FFFFFF	8.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#434036

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D5533

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C0D2E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e2836;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 40, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.9% 0.136 17.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b5696c',
    500: '#8e2836',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e2836;
$custom-light: #b5696c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e2836",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 351.765,
    "s": 56.044,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43939,
    "c": 0.13637,
    "h": 17.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.07535
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E2836

secondary

#5BB7AB

accent

#DFCB48

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F7EBEB

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120707

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E2836

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

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