#8E2B32#8E2B32

#8E2B32 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.077; OKLCH L 44.2% C 0.133 H 20.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E2B32
RGB	rgb(142, 43, 50)
HSL	hsl(356, 54%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(356, 70%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.7%, 64.8%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.37, 42.11, 19.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.37, 46.41, 24.88°)
OKLab	oklab(44.19% 0.1247 0.0468)
OKLCH	oklch(44.19% 0.133 20.6)
XYZ	xyz(12.5962, 7.7106, 3.8420)
Luminance	0.0771 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E2B32 #2B8E87

analogous

#8E2B64 #8E2B32 #8E562B

triadic

#8E2B32 #328E2B #2B328E

tetradic

#8E2B32 #648E2B #2B8E87 #562B8E

square

#8E2B32 #648E2B #2B8E87 #562B8E

split-complementary

#8E2B32 #2B8E56 #2B648E

monochromatic

#300F11 #5F1D21 #8E2B32 #BD3943 #D0636B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.26

#8E2B32 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.54

#8E2B32 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E2B32

8.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E2B32	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E2B32	1.00	8.26	2.54	8.26
#FFFFFF	8.26	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.26	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#454132

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E562F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C122E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e2b32;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 43, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.2% 0.133 20.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b56b69',
    500: '#8e2b32',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e2b32;
$custom-light: #b56b69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e2b32",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.758,
    "s": 53.514,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44193,
    "c": 0.13322,
    "h": 20.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.07709
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E2B32

secondary

#5FB6B0

accent

#DDD34B

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F7ECEB

border

#D0C7C6

text

#120706

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E2B32

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