#8E2A3D#8E2A3D

#8E2A3D is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.077; OKLCH L 44.3% C 0.134 H 13.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E2A3D
RGB	rgb(142, 42, 61)
HSL	hsl(349, 54%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(349, 70%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.4%, 57%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.45, 43.33, 12.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.45, 45.11, 16.13°)
OKLab	oklab(44.32% 0.1306 0.0313)
OKLCH	oklch(44.32% 0.134 13.5)
XYZ	xyz(12.8268, 7.7454, 5.2335)
Luminance	0.0774 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E2A3D #2A8E7B

analogous

#8E2A6F #8E2A3D #8E492A

triadic

#8E2A3D #3D8E2A #2A3D8E

tetradic

#8E2A3D #6F8E2A #2A8E7B #492A8E

square

#8E2A3D #6F8E2A #2A8E7B #492A8E

split-complementary

#8E2A3D #2A8E49 #2A6F8E

monochromatic

#300E14 #5F1C29 #8E2A3D #BD3851 #D16277

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.24

#8E2A3D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.55

#8E2A3D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E2A3D

8.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E2A3D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E2A3D	1.00	8.24	2.55	8.24
#FFFFFF	8.24	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.24	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#43423D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D563A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B1432

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e2a3d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 42, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.3% 0.134 13.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b56b72',
    500: '#8e2a3d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e2a3d;
$custom-light: #b56b72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e2a3d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 348.6,
    "s": 54.348,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44322,
    "c": 0.13434,
    "h": 13.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.07744
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E2A3D

secondary

#5DB6A6

accent

#DEC24A

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F6EBEC

border

#D0C6C7

text

#120707

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E2A3D

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

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