#8E2C40#8E2C40

#8E2C40 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.079; OKLCH L 44.6% C 0.132 H 12.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E2C40
RGB	rgb(142, 44, 64)
HSL	hsl(348, 53%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(348, 69%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69%, 54.9%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.82, 42.74, 11.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.82, 44.16, 14.57°)
OKLab	oklab(44.63% 0.1292 0.028)
OKLCH	oklch(44.63% 0.132 12.2)
XYZ	xyz(12.9826, 7.9240, 5.6953)
Luminance	0.0792 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E2C40 #2C8E7A

analogous

#8E2C71 #8E2C40 #8E492C

triadic

#8E2C40 #408E2C #2C408E

tetradic

#8E2C40 #718E2C #2C8E7A #492C8E

square

#8E2C40 #718E2C #2C8E7A #492C8E

split-complementary

#8E2C40 #2C8E49 #2C718E

monochromatic

#310F16 #5F1E2B #8E2C40 #BD3A55 #CF657B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.13

#8E2C40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.58

#8E2C40 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E2C40

8.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E2C40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E2C40	1.00	8.13	2.58	8.13
#FFFFFF	8.13	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.13	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#444340

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D573E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B1934

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e2c40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 44, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.6% 0.132 12.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b46c74',
    500: '#8e2c40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e2c40;
$custom-light: #b46c74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e2c40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 347.755,
    "s": 52.688,
    "l": 36.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44626,
    "c": 0.13219,
    "h": 12.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.07922
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E2C40

secondary

#60B6A4

accent

#DCBF4C

background

#FBF6F7

surface

#F6ECED

border

#D0C7C8

text

#120708

muted

#817A7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E2C40

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

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