#8E293E#8E293E

#8E293E is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.077; OKLCH L 44.2% C 0.136 H 12.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E293E
RGB	rgb(142, 41, 62)
HSL	hsl(348, 55%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(348, 71%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.1%, 56.3%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.32, 43.82, 11.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.32, 45.36, 14.96°)
OKLab	oklab(44.24% 0.1324 0.0294)
OKLCH	oklch(44.24% 0.136 12.5)
XYZ	xyz(12.8189, 7.6862, 5.3651)
Luminance	0.0768 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8E293E #298E79

analogous

#8E2970 #8E293E #8E4629

triadic

#8E293E #3E8E29 #293E8E

tetradic

#8E293E #708E29 #298E79 #46298E

square

#8E293E #708E29 #298E79 #46298E

split-complementary

#8E293E #298E46 #29708E

monochromatic

#2F0E15 #5F1B29 #8E293E #BD3753 #D16078

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.28

#8E293E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.54

#8E293E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E293E

8.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E293E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E293E	1.00	8.28	2.54	8.28
#FFFFFF	8.28	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.28	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#42413E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C563B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B1331

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e293e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 41, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.2% 0.136 12.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b56a73',
    500: '#8e293e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e293e;
$custom-light: #b56a73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e293e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 347.525,
    "s": 55.191,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44236,
    "c": 0.13559,
    "h": 12.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.07684
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E293E

secondary

#5CB7A4

accent

#DFBF49

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F6EBEC

border

#D0C6C7

text

#120708

muted

#817A7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E293E

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

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