#8E2B30#8E2B30

#8E2B30 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.077; OKLCH L 44.2% C 0.133 H 21.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E2B30
RGB	rgb(142, 43, 48)
HSL	hsl(357, 54%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(357, 70%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.7%, 66.2%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.34, 41.98, 20.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.34, 46.83, 26.31°)
OKLab	oklab(44.16% 0.1239 0.0494)
OKLCH	oklch(44.16% 0.133 21.7)
XYZ	xyz(12.5540, 7.6937, 3.6197)
Luminance	0.0769 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E2B30 #2B8E89

analogous

#8E2B62 #8E2B30 #8E582B

triadic

#8E2B30 #308E2B #2B308E

tetradic

#8E2B30 #628E2B #2B8E89 #582B8E

square

#8E2B30 #628E2B #2B8E89 #582B8E

split-complementary

#8E2B30 #2B8E58 #2B628E

monochromatic

#300F10 #5F1D20 #8E2B30 #BD3940 #D06369

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.27

#8E2B30 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.54

#8E2B30 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E2B30

8.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E2B30	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E2B30	1.00	8.27	2.54	8.27
#FFFFFF	8.27	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.27	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#46412F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F562D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C112E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e2b30;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 43, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.2% 0.133 21.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b56b68',
    500: '#8e2b30',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e2b30;
$custom-light: #b56b68;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e2b30",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.97,
    "s": 53.514,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44155,
    "c": 0.13336,
    "h": 21.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.07692
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E2B30

secondary

#5FB6B2

accent

#DDD64B

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F7EBEB

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120706

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E2B30

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

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