#8E283B#8E283B

#8E283B is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.076; OKLCH L 44.1% C 0.137 H 14.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E283B
RGB	rgb(142, 40, 59)
HSL	hsl(349, 56%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(349, 72%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.8%, 58.5%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.11, 43.99, 13.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.11, 45.98, 16.91°)
OKLab	oklab(44.05% 0.1324 0.0332)
OKLCH	oklch(44.05% 0.137 14.1)
XYZ	xyz(12.7047, 7.5859, 4.9320)
Luminance	0.0758 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E283B #288E7B

analogous

#8E286E #8E283B #8E4828

triadic

#8E283B #3B8E28 #283B8E

tetradic

#8E283B #6E8E28 #288E7B #48288E

square

#8E283B #6E8E28 #288E7B #48288E

split-complementary

#8E283B #288E48 #286E8E

monochromatic

#2F0D13 #5E1B27 #8E283B #BE354F #D25F74

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.34

#8E283B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.52

#8E283B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E283B

8.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E283B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E283B	1.00	8.34	2.52	8.34
#FFFFFF	8.34	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.34	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#42403B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C5638

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C1030

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e283b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 40, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.1% 0.137 14.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b56a70',
    500: '#8e283b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e283b;
$custom-light: #b56a70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e283b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 348.824,
    "s": 56.044,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44053,
    "c": 0.13651,
    "h": 14.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.07584
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E283B

secondary

#5BB7A6

accent

#DFC348

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F7EBEC

border

#D0C6C7

text

#120707

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E283B

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

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