#8E293C#8E293C

#8E293C is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.077; OKLCH L 44.2% C 0.135 H 13.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E293C
RGB	rgb(142, 41, 60)
HSL	hsl(349, 55%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(349, 71%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.1%, 57.7%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.27, 43.66, 12.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.27, 45.54, 16.52°)
OKLab	oklab(44.19% 0.1315 0.0323)
OKLCH	oklch(44.19% 0.135 13.8)
XYZ	xyz(12.7651, 7.6647, 5.0813)
Luminance	0.0766 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E293C #298E7B

analogous

#8E296E #8E293C #8E4829

triadic

#8E293C #3C8E29 #293C8E

tetradic

#8E293C #6E8E29 #298E7B #48298E

square

#8E293C #6E8E29 #298E7B #48298E

split-complementary

#8E293C #298E48 #296E8E

monochromatic

#2F0E14 #5F1B28 #8E293C #BD3750 #D16075

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.29

#8E293C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.53

#8E293C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E293C

8.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E293C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E293C	1.00	8.29	2.53	8.29
#FFFFFF	8.29	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.29	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#42413C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C5639

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B1231

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e293c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 41, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.2% 0.135 13.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b56a71',
    500: '#8e293c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e293c;
$custom-light: #b56a71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e293c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 348.713,
    "s": 55.191,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44187,
    "c": 0.13543,
    "h": 13.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.07663
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E293C

secondary

#5CB7A6

accent

#DFC249

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F7EBEC

border

#D0C6C7

text

#120707

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E293C

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

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