#8E283A#8E283A

#8E283A is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.076; OKLCH L 44.0% C 0.136 H 14.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E283A
RGB	rgb(142, 40, 58)
HSL	hsl(349, 56%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(349, 72%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.8%, 59.2%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.08, 43.91, 13.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.08, 46.09, 17.67°)
OKLab	oklab(44.03% 0.132 0.0346)
OKLCH	oklch(44.03% 0.136 14.7)
XYZ	xyz(12.6791, 7.5756, 4.7968)
Luminance	0.0757 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8E283A #288E7C

analogous

#8E286D #8E283A #8E4928

triadic

#8E283A #3A8E28 #283A8E

tetradic

#8E283A #6D8E28 #288E7C #49288E

square

#8E283A #6D8E28 #288E7C #49288E

split-complementary

#8E283A #288E49 #286D8E

monochromatic

#2F0D13 #5E1B26 #8E283A #BE354E #D25F73

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.35

#8E283A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.51

#8E283A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E283A

8.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E283A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E283A	1.00	8.35	2.51	8.35
#FFFFFF	8.35	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.35	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#42403A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C5637

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C0F2F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e283a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 40, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.0% 0.136 14.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b56a6f',
    500: '#8e283a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e283a;
$custom-light: #b56a6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e283a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 349.412,
    "s": 56.044,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4403,
    "c": 0.13646,
    "h": 14.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.07574
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E283A

secondary

#5BB7A7

accent

#DFC548

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F7EBEC

border

#D0C6C7

text

#120707

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E283A

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

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