#8E2B36#8E2B36

#8E2B36 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.077; OKLCH L 44.3% C 0.133 H 18.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E2B36
RGB	rgb(142, 43, 54)
HSL	hsl(353, 54%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(353, 70%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.7%, 62%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.45, 42.38, 17.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.45, 45.69, 21.93°)
OKLab	oklab(44.28% 0.1264 0.0415)
OKLCH	oklch(44.28% 0.133 18.2)
XYZ	xyz(12.6863, 7.7466, 4.3165)
Luminance	0.0775 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E2B36 #2B8E83

analogous

#8E2B68 #8E2B36 #8E522B

triadic

#8E2B36 #368E2B #2B368E

tetradic

#8E2B36 #688E2B #2B8E83 #522B8E

square

#8E2B36 #688E2B #2B8E83 #522B8E

split-complementary

#8E2B36 #2B8E52 #2B688E

monochromatic

#300F12 #5F1D24 #8E2B36 #BD3948 #D06370

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.24

#8E2B36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.55

#8E2B36 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E2B36

8.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E2B36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E2B36	1.00	8.24	2.55	8.24
#FFFFFF	8.24	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.24	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#454136

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E5633

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C1330

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e2b36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 43, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.3% 0.133 18.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b56b6c',
    500: '#8e2b36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e2b36;
$custom-light: #b56b6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e2b36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.333,
    "s": 53.514,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44276,
    "c": 0.13303,
    "h": 18.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.07745
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E2B36

secondary

#5FB6AC

accent

#DDCD4B

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F7ECEB

border

#D0C7C6

text

#120707

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E2B36

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

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