#8E2C3D#8E2C3D

#8E2C3D is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.079; OKLCH L 44.6% C 0.132 H 14.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E2C3D
RGB	rgb(142, 44, 61)
HSL	hsl(350, 53%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(350, 69%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69%, 57%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.75, 42.49, 12.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.75, 44.42, 16.95°)
OKLab	oklab(44.55% 0.1279 0.0323)
OKLCH	oklch(44.55% 0.132 14.2)
XYZ	xyz(12.8995, 7.8908, 5.2578)
Luminance	0.0789 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E2C3D #2C8E7D

analogous

#8E2C6E #8E2C3D #8E4C2C

triadic

#8E2C3D #3D8E2C #2C3D8E

tetradic

#8E2C3D #6E8E2C #2C8E7D #4C2C8E

square

#8E2C3D #6E8E2C #2C8E7D #4C2C8E

split-complementary

#8E2C3D #2C8E4C #2C6E8E

monochromatic

#310F15 #5F1E29 #8E2C3D #BD3A51 #CF6578

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.15

#8E2C3D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.58

#8E2C3D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E2C3D

8.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E2C3D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E2C3D	1.00	8.15	2.58	8.15
#FFFFFF	8.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#44433D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D573B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B1833

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e2c3d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 44, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.6% 0.132 14.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b46c72',
    500: '#8e2c3d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e2c3d;
$custom-light: #b46c72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e2c3d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 349.592,
    "s": 52.688,
    "l": 36.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44551,
    "c": 0.13196,
    "h": 14.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.07889
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E2C3D

secondary

#60B6A7

accent

#DCC34C

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F6ECEC

border

#D0C7C7

text

#120707

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E2C3D

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

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