#8E2A37#8E2A37

#8E2A37 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.077; OKLCH L 44.2% C 0.134 H 17.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E2A37
RGB	rgb(142, 42, 55)
HSL	hsl(352, 54%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(352, 70%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.4%, 61.3%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.32, 42.87, 16.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.32, 45.85, 20.75°)
OKLab	oklab(44.18% 0.1281 0.0397)
OKLCH	oklch(44.18% 0.134 17.2)
XYZ	xyz(12.6741, 7.6843, 4.4295)
Luminance	0.0768 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E2A37 #2A8E81

analogous

#8E2A69 #8E2A37 #8E4F2A

triadic

#8E2A37 #378E2A #2A378E

tetradic

#8E2A37 #698E2A #2A8E81 #4F2A8E

square

#8E2A37 #698E2A #2A8E81 #4F2A8E

split-complementary

#8E2A37 #2A8E4F #2A698E

monochromatic

#300E12 #5F1C25 #8E2A37 #BD3849 #D16270

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.28

#8E2A37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.54

#8E2A37 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E2A37

8.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E2A37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E2A37	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)

#444137

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D5634

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C122F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e2a37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 42, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.2% 0.134 17.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b56a6d',
    500: '#8e2a37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e2a37;
$custom-light: #b56a6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e2a37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 352.2,
    "s": 54.348,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44183,
    "c": 0.13414,
    "h": 17.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.07683
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E2A37

secondary

#5DB6AB

accent

#DECB4A

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F7EBEB

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120707

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

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