#8E283F#8E283F

#8E283F is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.076; OKLCH L 44.2% C 0.137 H 11.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E283F
RGB	rgb(142, 40, 63)
HSL	hsl(346, 56%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(346, 72%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.8%, 55.6%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.20, 44.31, 10.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.20, 45.63, 13.81°)
OKLab	oklab(44.15% 0.1341 0.0275)
OKLCH	oklch(44.15% 0.137 11.6)
XYZ	xyz(12.8125, 7.6290, 5.4995)
Luminance	0.0763 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8E283F #288E77

analogous

#8E2872 #8E283F #8E4428

triadic

#8E283F #3F8E28 #283F8E

tetradic

#8E283F #728E28 #288E77 #44288E

square

#8E283F #728E28 #288E77 #44288E

split-complementary

#8E283F #288E44 #28728E

monochromatic

#2F0D15 #5E1B2A #8E283F #BE3554 #D25F79

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.32

#8E283F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.53

#8E283F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E283F

8.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E283F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E283F	1.00	8.32	2.53	8.32
#FFFFFF	8.32	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.32	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#41413F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C563C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B1231

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e283f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 40, 63);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.2% 0.137 11.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b56a73',
    500: '#8e283f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e283f;
$custom-light: #b56a73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e283f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 63
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 346.471,
    "s": 56.044,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44153,
    "c": 0.13685,
    "h": 11.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.07627
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E283F

secondary

#5BB7A2

accent

#DFBD48

background

#FBF6F7

surface

#F6EBED

border

#D0C6C8

text

#120708

muted

#817A7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E283F

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

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