#8E2A2D#8E2A2D

#8E2A2D is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.076; OKLCH L 44.0% C 0.135 H 23.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E2A2D
RGB	rgb(142, 42, 45)
HSL	hsl(358, 54%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(358, 70%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.4%, 68.3%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.13, 42.21, 22.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.13, 47.79, 27.95°)
OKLab	oklab(43.99% 0.124 0.0527)
OKLCH	oklch(43.99% 0.135 23)
XYZ	xyz(12.4583, 7.5980, 3.2927)
Luminance	0.0760 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E2A2D #2A8E8B

analogous

#8E2A5F #8E2A2D #8E592A

triadic

#8E2A2D #2D8E2A #2A2D8E

tetradic

#8E2A2D #5F8E2A #2A8E8B #592A8E

square

#8E2A2D #5F8E2A #2A8E8B #592A8E

split-complementary

#8E2A2D #2A8E59 #2A5F8E

monochromatic

#300E0F #5F1C1E #8E2A2D #BD383C #D16265

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.34

#8E2A2D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.52

#8E2A2D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E2A2D

8.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E2A2D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E2A2D	1.00	8.34	2.52	8.34
#FFFFFF	8.34	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.34	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#45402C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F562A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C0E2C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e2a2d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 42, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.0% 0.135 23.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b66a66',
    500: '#8e2a2d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e2a2d;
$custom-light: #b66a66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e2a2d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.2,
    "s": 54.348,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43985,
    "c": 0.13473,
    "h": 23
  },
  "luminance": 0.07596
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E2A2D

secondary

#5DB6B4

accent

#DED94A

background

#FCF6F6

surface

#F8EBEB

border

#D1C6C6

text

#120705

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E2A2D

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

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