#8E2D35#8E2D35

#8E2D35 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.079; OKLCH L 44.5% C 0.131 H 19.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E2D35
RGB	rgb(142, 45, 53)
HSL	hsl(355, 52%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(355, 68%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.3%, 62.7%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.75, 41.45, 18.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.75, 45.23, 23.58°)
OKLab	oklab(44.49% 0.1232 0.0438)
OKLCH	oklch(44.49% 0.131 19.6)
XYZ	xyz(12.7376, 7.8864, 4.2190)
Luminance	0.0789 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E2D35 #2D8E86

analogous

#8E2D66 #8E2D35 #8E562D

triadic

#8E2D35 #358E2D #2D358E

tetradic

#8E2D35 #668E2D #2D8E86 #562D8E

square

#8E2D35 #668E2D #2D8E86 #562D8E

split-complementary

#8E2D35 #2D8E56 #2D668E

monochromatic

#311012 #601E24 #8E2D35 #BC3C46 #CF676F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.15

#8E2D35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.58

#8E2D35 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E2D35

8.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E2D35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E2D35	1.00	8.15	2.58	8.15
#FFFFFF	8.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#464235

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F5732

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C1731

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e2d35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 45, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.5% 0.131 19.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b56c6c',
    500: '#8e2d35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e2d35;
$custom-light: #b56c6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e2d35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.052,
    "s": 51.872,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4449,
    "c": 0.13079,
    "h": 19.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.07885
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E2D35

secondary

#61B5AE

accent

#DBD04C

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F7ECEB

border

#D0C7C6

text

#120706

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E2D35

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

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