#8E2A3E#8E2A3E

#8E2A3E is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.078; OKLCH L 44.3% C 0.134 H 12.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E2A3E
RGB	rgb(142, 42, 62)
HSL	hsl(348, 54%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(348, 70%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.4%, 56.3%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.47, 43.41, 11.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.47, 45.02, 15.35°)
OKLab	oklab(44.35% 0.131 0.0299)
OKLCH	oklch(44.35% 0.134 12.9)
XYZ	xyz(12.8540, 7.7563, 5.3767)
Luminance	0.0775 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E2A3E #2A8E7A

analogous

#8E2A70 #8E2A3E #8E482A

triadic

#8E2A3E #3E8E2A #2A3E8E

tetradic

#8E2A3E #708E2A #2A8E7A #482A8E

square

#8E2A3E #708E2A #2A8E7A #482A8E

split-complementary

#8E2A3E #2A8E48 #2A708E

monochromatic

#300E15 #5F1C29 #8E2A3E #BD3853 #D16278

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.23

#8E2A3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.55

#8E2A3E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E2A3E

8.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E2A3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E2A3E	1.00	8.23	2.55	8.23
#FFFFFF	8.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#43423E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D563C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B1532

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e2a3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 42, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.3% 0.134 12.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b56b73',
    500: '#8e2a3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e2a3e;
$custom-light: #b56b73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e2a3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 348,
    "s": 54.348,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44347,
    "c": 0.13441,
    "h": 12.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.07755
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E2A3E

secondary

#5DB6A5

accent

#DEC04A

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F6ECEC

border

#D0C7C7

text

#120708

muted

#817A7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E2A3E

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

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