#8E2D34#8E2D34

#8E2D34 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.079; OKLCH L 44.5% C 0.131 H 20.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E2D34
RGB	rgb(142, 45, 52)
HSL	hsl(356, 52%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(356, 68%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.3%, 63.4%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.73, 41.38, 18.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.73, 45.41, 24.32°)
OKLab	oklab(44.47% 0.1228 0.0451)
OKLCH	oklch(44.47% 0.131 20.2)
XYZ	xyz(12.7148, 7.8772, 4.0991)
Luminance	0.0788 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E2D34 #2D8E87

analogous

#8E2D65 #8E2D34 #8E572D

triadic

#8E2D34 #348E2D #2D348E

tetradic

#8E2D34 #658E2D #2D8E87 #572D8E

square

#8E2D34 #658E2D #2D8E87 #572D8E

split-complementary

#8E2D34 #2D8E57 #2D658E

monochromatic

#311012 #601E23 #8E2D34 #BC3C45 #CF676E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.16

#8E2D34 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.58

#8E2D34 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E2D34

8.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E2D34	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E2D34	1.00	8.16	2.58	8.16
#FFFFFF	8.16	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.16	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#464234

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F5731

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C1630

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e2d34;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 45, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.5% 0.131 20.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b56c6b',
    500: '#8e2d34',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e2d34;
$custom-light: #b56c6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e2d34",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.67,
    "s": 51.872,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44469,
    "c": 0.13084,
    "h": 20.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.07875
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E2D34

secondary

#61B5AF

accent

#DBD14C

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F7ECEB

border

#D0C7C6

text

#120706

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E2D34

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

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