#8E2A34#8E2A34

#8E2A34 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.077; OKLCH L 44.1% C 0.134 H 19.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E2A34
RGB	rgb(142, 42, 52)
HSL	hsl(354, 54%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(354, 70%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.4%, 63.4%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.26, 42.66, 18.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.26, 46.34, 22.99°)
OKLab	oklab(44.12% 0.1269 0.0437)
OKLCH	oklch(44.12% 0.134 19)
XYZ	xyz(12.6044, 7.6564, 4.0623)
Luminance	0.0766 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8E2A34 #2A8E84

analogous

#8E2A66 #8E2A34 #8E522A

triadic

#8E2A34 #348E2A #2A348E

tetradic

#8E2A34 #668E2A #2A8E84 #522A8E

square

#8E2A34 #668E2A #2A8E84 #522A8E

split-complementary

#8E2A34 #2A8E52 #2A668E

monochromatic

#300E11 #5F1C23 #8E2A34 #BD3845 #D1626D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.30

#8E2A34 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.53

#8E2A34 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E2A34

8.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E2A34	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E2A34	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)

#444134

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E5631

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C112E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e2a34;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 42, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.1% 0.134 19.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b56a6b',
    500: '#8e2a34',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e2a34;
$custom-light: #b56a6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e2a34",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354,
    "s": 54.348,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44119,
    "c": 0.13421,
    "h": 19
  },
  "luminance": 0.07655
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E2A34

secondary

#5DB6AE

accent

#DECF4A

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F7EBEB

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120706

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E2A34

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