#8E2A42#8E2A42

#8E2A42 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.078; OKLCH L 44.5% C 0.135 H 10.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E2A42
RGB	rgb(142, 42, 66)
HSL	hsl(346, 54%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(346, 70%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.4%, 53.5%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.57, 43.75, 9.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.57, 44.76, 12.19°)
OKLab	oklab(44.45% 0.1327 0.0241)
OKLCH	oklch(44.45% 0.135 10.3)
XYZ	xyz(12.9678, 7.8018, 5.9762)
Luminance	0.0780 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E2A42 #2A8E76

analogous

#8E2A74 #8E2A42 #8E442A

triadic

#8E2A42 #428E2A #2A428E

tetradic

#8E2A42 #748E2A #2A8E76 #442A8E

square

#8E2A42 #748E2A #2A8E76 #442A8E

split-complementary

#8E2A42 #2A8E44 #2A748E

monochromatic

#300E16 #5F1C2C #8E2A42 #BD3858 #D1627C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.20

#8E2A42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.56

#8E2A42 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E2A42

8.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E2A42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E2A42	1.00	8.20	2.56	8.20
#FFFFFF	8.20	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.20	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#424242

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C5640

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B1734

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e2a42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 42, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.5% 0.135 10.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b46b76',
    500: '#8e2a42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e2a42;
$custom-light: #b46b76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e2a42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 345.6,
    "s": 54.348,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4445,
    "c": 0.13485,
    "h": 10.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.078
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E2A42

secondary

#5DB6A1

accent

#DEBA4A

background

#FBF6F7

surface

#F6ECED

border

#D0C7C8

text

#120708

muted

#817A7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E2A42

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