#8E2841#8E2841

#8E2841 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.076; OKLCH L 44.2% C 0.137 H 10.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E2841
RGB	rgb(142, 40, 65)
HSL	hsl(345, 56%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(345, 72%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.8%, 54.2%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.25, 44.48, 9.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.25, 45.52, 12.25°)
OKLab	oklab(44.21% 0.1349 0.0246)
OKLCH	oklch(44.21% 0.137 10.3)
XYZ	xyz(12.8694, 7.6518, 5.7993)
Luminance	0.0765 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E2841 #288E75

analogous

#8E2874 #8E2841 #8E4228

triadic

#8E2841 #418E28 #28418E

tetradic

#8E2841 #748E28 #288E75 #42288E

square

#8E2841 #748E28 #288E75 #42288E

split-complementary

#8E2841 #288E42 #28748E

monochromatic

#2F0D15 #5E1B2B #8E2841 #BE3557 #D25F7B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.30

#8E2841 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.53

#8E2841 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E2841

8.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E2841	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E2841	1.00	8.30	2.53	8.30
#FFFFFF	8.30	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.30	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#414141

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B563E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B1332

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e2841;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 40, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.2% 0.137 10.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b46a75',
    500: '#8e2841',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e2841;
$custom-light: #b46a75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e2841",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 345.294,
    "s": 56.044,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44205,
    "c": 0.1371,
    "h": 10.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.0765
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E2841

secondary

#5BB7A1

accent

#DFBA48

background

#FBF6F7

surface

#F6EBED

border

#D0C6C8

text

#120708

muted

#817A7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E2841

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

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