#8E2D30#8E2D30

#8E2D30 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.078; OKLCH L 44.4% C 0.131 H 22.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E2D30
RGB	rgb(142, 45, 48)
HSL	hsl(358, 52%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(358, 68%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.3%, 66.2%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.65, 41.12, 21.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.65, 46.24, 27.23°)
OKLab	oklab(44.39% 0.1212 0.0503)
OKLCH	oklch(44.39% 0.131 22.5)
XYZ	xyz(12.6285, 7.8427, 3.6446)
Luminance	0.0784 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E2D30 #2D8E8B

analogous

#8E2D61 #8E2D30 #8E5B2D

triadic

#8E2D30 #308E2D #2D308E

tetradic

#8E2D30 #618E2D #2D8E8B #5B2D8E

square

#8E2D30 #618E2D #2D8E8B #5B2D8E

split-complementary

#8E2D30 #2D8E5B #2D618E

monochromatic

#311011 #601E20 #8E2D30 #BC3C40 #CF676A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.18

#8E2D30 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.57

#8E2D30 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E2D30

8.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E2D30	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E2D30	1.00	8.18	2.57	8.18
#FFFFFF	8.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#47422F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F572D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C152F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e2d30;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 45, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.4% 0.131 22.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b56c68',
    500: '#8e2d30',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e2d30;
$custom-light: #b56c68;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e2d30",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.144,
    "s": 51.872,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44391,
    "c": 0.13117,
    "h": 22.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.07841
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E2D30

secondary

#61B5B3

accent

#DBD74C

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F7ECEB

border

#D0C7C6

text

#120706

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E2D30

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