#8E2B38#8E2B38

#8E2B38 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.078; OKLCH L 44.3% C 0.133 H 17.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E2B38
RGB	rgb(142, 43, 56)
HSL	hsl(352, 54%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(352, 70%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.7%, 60.6%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.49, 42.53, 15.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.49, 45.38, 20.41°)
OKLab	oklab(44.32% 0.1272 0.0388)
OKLCH	oklch(44.32% 0.133 17)
XYZ	xyz(12.7342, 7.7658, 4.5690)
Luminance	0.0776 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E2B38 #2B8E81

analogous

#8E2B6A #8E2B38 #8E502B

triadic

#8E2B38 #388E2B #2B388E

tetradic

#8E2B38 #6A8E2B #2B8E81 #502B8E

square

#8E2B38 #6A8E2B #2B8E81 #502B8E

split-complementary

#8E2B38 #2B8E50 #2B6A8E

monochromatic

#300F13 #5F1D25 #8E2B38 #BD394B #D06372

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.23

#8E2B38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.55

#8E2B38 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E2B38

8.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E2B38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E2B38	1.00	8.23	2.55	8.23
#FFFFFF	8.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#444238

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E5635

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C1430

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e2b38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 43, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.3% 0.133 17.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b56b6e',
    500: '#8e2b38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e2b38;
$custom-light: #b56b6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e2b38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 352.121,
    "s": 53.514,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44319,
    "c": 0.133,
    "h": 17
  },
  "luminance": 0.07764
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E2B38

secondary

#5FB6AB

accent

#DDCA4B

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F7ECEB

border

#D0C7C6

text

#120707

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E2B38

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