#8E2D32#8E2D32

#8E2D32 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.079; OKLCH L 44.4% C 0.131 H 21.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E2D32
RGB	rgb(142, 45, 50)
HSL	hsl(357, 52%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(357, 68%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.3%, 64.8%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.69, 41.25, 19.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.69, 45.81, 25.79°)
OKLab	oklab(44.43% 0.122 0.0477)
OKLCH	oklch(44.43% 0.131 21.4)
XYZ	xyz(12.6707, 7.8596, 3.8668)
Luminance	0.0786 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E2D32 #2D8E89

analogous

#8E2D63 #8E2D32 #8E592D

triadic

#8E2D32 #328E2D #2D328E

tetradic

#8E2D32 #638E2D #2D8E89 #592D8E

square

#8E2D32 #638E2D #2D8E89 #592D8E

split-complementary

#8E2D32 #2D8E59 #2D638E

monochromatic

#311011 #601E22 #8E2D32 #BC3C42 #CF676C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.17

#8E2D32 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.57

#8E2D32 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E2D32

8.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E2D32	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E2D32	1.00	8.17	2.57	8.17
#FFFFFF	8.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#474231

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F572F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C1630

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e2d32;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 45, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.4% 0.131 21.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b56c69',
    500: '#8e2d32',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e2d32;
$custom-light: #b56c69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e2d32",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.907,
    "s": 51.872,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4443,
    "c": 0.13099,
    "h": 21.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.07858
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E2D32

secondary

#61B5B1

accent

#DBD44C

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F7ECEB

border

#D0C7C6

text

#120706

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E2D32

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

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