#8E2B41#8E2B41

#8E2B41 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.079; OKLCH L 44.5% C 0.134 H 11.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E2B41
RGB	rgb(142, 43, 65)
HSL	hsl(347, 54%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(347, 70%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.7%, 54.2%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.69, 43.25, 10.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.69, 44.45, 13.37°)
OKLab	oklab(44.54% 0.1309 0.0261)
OKLCH	oklch(44.54% 0.134 11.3)
XYZ	xyz(12.9745, 7.8619, 5.8343)
Luminance	0.0786 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E2B41 #2B8E78

analogous

#8E2B73 #8E2B41 #8E472B

triadic

#8E2B41 #418E2B #2B418E

tetradic

#8E2B41 #738E2B #2B8E78 #472B8E

square

#8E2B41 #738E2B #2B8E78 #472B8E

split-complementary

#8E2B41 #2B8E47 #2B738E

monochromatic

#300F16 #5F1D2B #8E2B41 #BD3957 #D0637C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.16

#8E2B41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.57

#8E2B41 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E2B41

8.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E2B41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E2B41	1.00	8.16	2.57	8.16
#FFFFFF	8.16	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.16	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#434241

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C573F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B1834

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e2b41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 43, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.5% 0.134 11.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b46b75',
    500: '#8e2b41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e2b41;
$custom-light: #b46b75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e2b41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 346.667,
    "s": 53.514,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44537,
    "c": 0.13351,
    "h": 11.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.0786
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E2B41

secondary

#5FB6A3

accent

#DDBC4B

background

#FBF6F7

surface

#F6ECED

border

#D0C7C8

text

#120708

muted

#817A7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E2B41

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