#8E2C44#8E2C44

#8E2C44 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.080; OKLCH L 44.7% C 0.133 H 9.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E2C44
RGB	rgb(142, 44, 68)
HSL	hsl(345, 53%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(345, 69%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69%, 52.1%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.92, 43.09, 8.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.92, 43.95, 11.35°)
OKLab	oklab(44.73% 0.1308 0.0222)
OKLCH	oklch(44.73% 0.133 9.6)
XYZ	xyz(13.1005, 7.9712, 6.3165)
Luminance	0.0797 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8E2C44 #2C8E76

analogous

#8E2C75 #8E2C44 #8E452C

triadic

#8E2C44 #448E2C #2C448E

tetradic

#8E2C44 #758E2C #2C8E76 #452C8E

square

#8E2C44 #758E2C #2C8E76 #452C8E

split-complementary

#8E2C44 #2C8E45 #2C758E

monochromatic

#310F17 #5F1E2E #8E2C44 #BD3A5A #CF657F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.10

#8E2C44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.59

#8E2C44 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E2C44

8.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E2C44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E2C44	1.00	8.10	2.59	8.10
#FFFFFF	8.10	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.59	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.10	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#434344

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C5742

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B1B36

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e2c44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 44, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.7% 0.133 9.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b46c77',
    500: '#8e2c44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e2c44;
$custom-light: #b46c77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e2c44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 345.306,
    "s": 52.688,
    "l": 36.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44732,
    "c": 0.13269,
    "h": 9.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.0797
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E2C44

secondary

#60B6A1

accent

#DCB94C

background

#FBF6F7

surface

#F6ECED

border

#D0C7C8

text

#120708

muted

#817A7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E2C44

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