#8E2B33#8E2B33

#8E2B33 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.077; OKLCH L 44.2% C 0.133 H 20.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E2B33
RGB	rgb(142, 43, 51)
HSL	hsl(355, 54%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(355, 70%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.7%, 64.1%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.39, 42.17, 18.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.39, 46.22, 24.15°)
OKLab	oklab(44.21% 0.1251 0.0455)
OKLCH	oklch(44.21% 0.133 20)
XYZ	xyz(12.6180, 7.7193, 3.9569)
Luminance	0.0772 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E2B33 #2B8E86

analogous

#8E2B65 #8E2B33 #8E552B

triadic

#8E2B33 #338E2B #2B338E

tetradic

#8E2B33 #658E2B #2B8E86 #552B8E

square

#8E2B33 #658E2B #2B8E86 #552B8E

split-complementary

#8E2B33 #2B8E55 #2B658E

monochromatic

#300F11 #5F1D22 #8E2B33 #BD3944 #D0636C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.26

#8E2B33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.54

#8E2B33 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E2B33

8.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E2B33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E2B33	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)

#454133

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E5630

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C122F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e2b33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 43, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.2% 0.133 20.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b56b6a',
    500: '#8e2b33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e2b33;
$custom-light: #b56b6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e2b33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.152,
    "s": 53.514,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44213,
    "c": 0.13315,
    "h": 20
  },
  "luminance": 0.07718
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E2B33

secondary

#5FB6AF

accent

#DDD14B

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F7ECEB

border

#D0C7C6

text

#120706

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E2B33

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

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