#8E2A3A#8E2A3A

#8E2A3A is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.077; OKLCH L 44.3% C 0.134 H 15.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E2A3A
RGB	rgb(142, 42, 58)
HSL	hsl(350, 54%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(350, 70%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.4%, 59.2%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.38, 43.10, 14.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.38, 45.44, 18.46°)
OKLab	oklab(44.25% 0.1294 0.0356)
OKLCH	oklch(44.25% 0.134 15.4)
XYZ	xyz(12.7482, 7.7140, 4.8198)
Luminance	0.0771 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E2A3A #2A8E7E

analogous

#8E2A6C #8E2A3A #8E4C2A

triadic

#8E2A3A #3A8E2A #2A3A8E

tetradic

#8E2A3A #6C8E2A #2A8E7E #4C2A8E

square

#8E2A3A #6C8E2A #2A8E7E #4C2A8E

split-complementary

#8E2A3A #2A8E4C #2A6C8E

monochromatic

#300E13 #5F1C27 #8E2A3A #BD384D #D16274

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.26

#8E2A3A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.54

#8E2A3A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E2A3A

8.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E2A3A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E2A3A	1.00	8.26	2.54	8.26
#FFFFFF	8.26	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.26	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#43413A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D5637

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C1331

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e2a3a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 42, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.3% 0.134 15.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b56b70',
    500: '#8e2a3a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e2a3a;
$custom-light: #b56b70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e2a3a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 350.4,
    "s": 54.348,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44251,
    "c": 0.13418,
    "h": 15.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.07712
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E2A3A

secondary

#5DB6A8

accent

#DEC64A

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F7EBEC

border

#D0C6C7

text

#120707

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E2A3A

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

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