#8E2B40#8E2B40

#8E2B40 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.078; OKLCH L 44.5% C 0.133 H 11.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E2B40
RGB	rgb(142, 43, 64)
HSL	hsl(347, 54%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(347, 70%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.7%, 54.9%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.67, 43.16, 10.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.67, 44.52, 14.16°)
OKLab	oklab(44.51% 0.1305 0.0275)
OKLCH	oklch(44.51% 0.133 11.9)
XYZ	xyz(12.9458, 7.8504, 5.6831)
Luminance	0.0785 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E2B40 #2B8E79

analogous

#8E2B72 #8E2B40 #8E482B

triadic

#8E2B40 #408E2B #2B408E

tetradic

#8E2B40 #728E2B #2B8E79 #482B8E

square

#8E2B40 #728E2B #2B8E79 #482B8E

split-complementary

#8E2B40 #2B8E48 #2B728E

monochromatic

#300F16 #5F1D2B #8E2B40 #BD3955 #D0637A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.17

#8E2B40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.57

#8E2B40 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E2B40

8.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E2B40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E2B40	1.00	8.17	2.57	8.17
#FFFFFF	8.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#434240

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D573E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B1733

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e2b40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 43, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.5% 0.133 11.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b46b74',
    500: '#8e2b40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e2b40;
$custom-light: #b46b74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e2b40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 347.273,
    "s": 53.514,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44511,
    "c": 0.1334,
    "h": 11.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.07849
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E2B40

secondary

#5FB6A4

accent

#DDBE4B

background

#FBF6F7

surface

#F6ECED

border

#D0C7C8

text

#120708

muted

#817A7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E2B40

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