#8E2A36#8E2A36

#8E2A36 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.077; OKLCH L 44.2% C 0.134 H 17.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E2A36
RGB	rgb(142, 42, 54)
HSL	hsl(353, 54%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(353, 70%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.4%, 62%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.30, 42.80, 16.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.30, 46.00, 21.50°)
OKLab	oklab(44.16% 0.1277 0.0411)
OKLCH	oklch(44.16% 0.134 17.8)
XYZ	xyz(12.6504, 7.6748, 4.3046)
Luminance	0.0767 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8E2A36 #2A8E82

analogous

#8E2A68 #8E2A36 #8E502A

triadic

#8E2A36 #368E2A #2A368E

tetradic

#8E2A36 #688E2A #2A8E82 #502A8E

square

#8E2A36 #688E2A #2A8E82 #502A8E

split-complementary

#8E2A36 #2A8E50 #2A688E

monochromatic

#300E12 #5F1C24 #8E2A36 #BD3848 #D1626F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.29

#8E2A36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.53

#8E2A36 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E2A36

8.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E2A36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E2A36	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)

#444136

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E5633

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C112F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e2a36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 42, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.2% 0.134 17.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b56a6c',
    500: '#8e2a36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e2a36;
$custom-light: #b56a6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e2a36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 352.8,
    "s": 54.348,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44161,
    "c": 0.13415,
    "h": 17.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.07673
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E2A36

secondary

#5DB6AC

accent

#DECC4A

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F7EBEB

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120707

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E2A36

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

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