#8E2B39#8E2B39

#8E2B39 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.078; OKLCH L 44.3% C 0.133 H 16.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E2B39
RGB	rgb(142, 43, 57)
HSL	hsl(352, 54%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(352, 70%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.7%, 59.9%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.51, 42.60, 15.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.51, 45.24, 19.65°)
OKLab	oklab(44.34% 0.1276 0.0374)
OKLCH	oklch(44.34% 0.133 16.3)
XYZ	xyz(12.7589, 7.7757, 4.6991)
Luminance	0.0777 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E2B39 #2B8E80

analogous

#8E2B6B #8E2B39 #8E4F2B

triadic

#8E2B39 #398E2B #2B398E

tetradic

#8E2B39 #6B8E2B #2B8E80 #4F2B8E

square

#8E2B39 #6B8E2B #2B8E80 #4F2B8E

split-complementary

#8E2B39 #2B8E4F #2B6B8E

monochromatic

#300F13 #5F1D26 #8E2B39 #BD394C #D06373

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.22

#8E2B39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.55

#8E2B39 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E2B39

8.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E2B39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E2B39	1.00	8.22	2.55	8.22
#FFFFFF	8.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#444239

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E5636

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C1531

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e2b39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 43, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.3% 0.133 16.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b56b6f',
    500: '#8e2b39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e2b39;
$custom-light: #b56b6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e2b39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 351.515,
    "s": 53.514,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44342,
    "c": 0.13301,
    "h": 16.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.07774
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E2B39

secondary

#5FB6AA

accent

#DDC84B

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F7ECEC

border

#D0C7C7

text

#120707

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E2B39

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