#8E2A33#8E2A33

#8E2A33 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.076; OKLCH L 44.1% C 0.134 H 19.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E2A33
RGB	rgb(142, 42, 51)
HSL	hsl(355, 54%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(355, 70%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.4%, 64.1%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.24, 42.59, 18.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.24, 46.52, 23.72°)
OKLab	oklab(44.1% 0.1265 0.0451)
OKLCH	oklch(44.1% 0.134 19.6)
XYZ	xyz(12.5821, 7.6475, 3.9449)
Luminance	0.0765 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8E2A33 #2A8E85

analogous

#8E2A65 #8E2A33 #8E532A

triadic

#8E2A33 #338E2A #2A338E

tetradic

#8E2A33 #658E2A #2A8E85 #532A8E

square

#8E2A33 #658E2A #2A8E85 #532A8E

split-complementary

#8E2A33 #2A8E53 #2A658E

monochromatic

#300E11 #5F1C22 #8E2A33 #BD3844 #D1626C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.30

#8E2A33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.53

#8E2A33 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E2A33

8.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E2A33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E2A33	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)

#454133

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E5630

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C102E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e2a33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 42, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.1% 0.134 19.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b56a6a',
    500: '#8e2a33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e2a33;
$custom-light: #b56a6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e2a33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.6,
    "s": 54.348,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44099,
    "c": 0.13426,
    "h": 19.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.07646
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E2A33

secondary

#5DB6AE

accent

#DED04A

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F7EBEB

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120706

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E2A33

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