#8E293B#8E293B

#8E293B is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.077; OKLCH L 44.2% C 0.135 H 14.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E293B
RGB	rgb(142, 41, 59)
HSL	hsl(349, 55%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(349, 71%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.1%, 58.5%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.25, 43.59, 13.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.25, 45.65, 17.29°)
OKLab	oklab(44.16% 0.1311 0.0337)
OKLCH	oklch(44.16% 0.135 14.4)
XYZ	xyz(12.7389, 7.6542, 4.9434)
Luminance	0.0765 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E293B #298E7C

analogous

#8E296D #8E293B #8E4929

triadic

#8E293B #3B8E29 #293B8E

tetradic

#8E293B #6D8E29 #298E7C #49298E

square

#8E293B #6D8E29 #298E7C #49298E

split-complementary

#8E293B #298E49 #296D8E

monochromatic

#2F0E14 #5F1B27 #8E293B #BD374F #D16074

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.30

#8E293B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.53

#8E293B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E293B

8.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E293B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E293B	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)

#43413B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D5638

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B1230

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e293b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 41, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.2% 0.135 14.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b56a70',
    500: '#8e293b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e293b;
$custom-light: #b56a70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e293b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 349.307,
    "s": 55.191,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44163,
    "c": 0.13537,
    "h": 14.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.07652
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E293B

secondary

#5CB7A7

accent

#DFC449

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F7EBEC

border

#D0C6C7

text

#120707

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E293B

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

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