#8E2A40#8E2A40

#8E2A40 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.078; OKLCH L 44.4% C 0.135 H 11.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E2A40
RGB	rgb(142, 42, 64)
HSL	hsl(347, 54%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(347, 70%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.4%, 54.9%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.52, 43.58, 10.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.52, 44.87, 13.77°)
OKLab	oklab(44.4% 0.1319 0.027)
OKLCH	oklch(44.4% 0.135 11.6)
XYZ	xyz(12.9099, 7.7786, 5.6711)
Luminance	0.0778 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8E2A40 #2A8E78

analogous

#8E2A72 #8E2A40 #8E462A

triadic

#8E2A40 #408E2A #2A408E

tetradic

#8E2A40 #728E2A #2A8E78 #462A8E

square

#8E2A40 #728E2A #2A8E78 #462A8E

split-complementary

#8E2A40 #2A8E46 #2A728E

monochromatic

#300E15 #5F1C2B #8E2A40 #BD3855 #D1627A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.22

#8E2A40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.56

#8E2A40 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E2A40

8.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E2A40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E2A40	1.00	8.22	2.56	8.22
#FFFFFF	8.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#424240

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C563E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B1633

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e2a40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 42, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.4% 0.135 11.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b46b74',
    500: '#8e2a40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e2a40;
$custom-light: #b46b74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e2a40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 346.8,
    "s": 54.348,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44398,
    "c": 0.13461,
    "h": 11.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.07777
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E2A40

secondary

#5DB6A3

accent

#DEBD4A

background

#FBF6F7

surface

#F6ECED

border

#D0C7C8

text

#120708

muted

#817A7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E2A40

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