#8E293A#8E293A

#8E293A is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.076; OKLCH L 44.1% C 0.135 H 15.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E293A
RGB	rgb(142, 41, 58)
HSL	hsl(350, 55%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(350, 71%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.1%, 59.2%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.23, 43.51, 14.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.23, 45.76, 18.06°)
OKLab	oklab(44.14% 0.1307 0.0351)
OKLCH	oklch(44.14% 0.135 15)
XYZ	xyz(12.7132, 7.6439, 4.8081)
Luminance	0.0764 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E293A #298E7D

analogous

#8E296C #8E293A #8E4A29

triadic

#8E293A #3A8E29 #293A8E

tetradic

#8E293A #6C8E29 #298E7D #4A298E

square

#8E293A #6C8E29 #298E7D #4A298E

split-complementary

#8E293A #298E4A #296C8E

monochromatic

#2F0E13 #5F1B27 #8E293A #BD374D #D16073

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.31

#8E293A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.53

#8E293A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E293A

8.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E293A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E293A	1.00	8.31	2.53	8.31
#FFFFFF	8.31	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.31	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#43413A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D5637

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C1130

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e293a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 41, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.1% 0.135 15.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b56a6f',
    500: '#8e293a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e293a;
$custom-light: #b56a6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e293a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 349.901,
    "s": 55.191,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44139,
    "c": 0.13533,
    "h": 15
  },
  "luminance": 0.07642
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E293A

secondary

#5CB7A8

accent

#DFC549

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F7EBEC

border

#D0C6C7

text

#120707

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E293A

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

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