#8E2D39#8E2D39

#8E2D39 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.079; OKLCH L 44.6% C 0.131 H 17.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E2D39
RGB	rgb(142, 45, 57)
HSL	hsl(353, 52%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(353, 68%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.3%, 59.9%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.83, 41.74, 15.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.83, 44.57, 20.53°)
OKLab	oklab(44.58% 0.1249 0.0384)
OKLCH	oklch(44.58% 0.131 17.1)
XYZ	xyz(12.8334, 7.9247, 4.7239)
Luminance	0.0792 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E2D39 #2D8E82

analogous

#8E2D6A #8E2D39 #8E522D

triadic

#8E2D39 #398E2D #2D398E

tetradic

#8E2D39 #6A8E2D #2D8E82 #522D8E

square

#8E2D39 #6A8E2D #2D8E82 #522D8E

split-complementary

#8E2D39 #2D8E52 #2D6A8E

monochromatic

#311014 #601E26 #8E2D39 #BC3C4C #CF6774

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.13

#8E2D39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.58

#8E2D39 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E2D39

8.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E2D39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E2D39	1.00	8.13	2.58	8.13
#FFFFFF	8.13	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.13	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#464339

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E5737

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C1832

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e2d39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 45, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.6% 0.131 17.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b56c6f',
    500: '#8e2d39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e2d39;
$custom-light: #b56c6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e2d39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 352.577,
    "s": 51.872,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44576,
    "c": 0.13068,
    "h": 17.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.07923
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E2D39

secondary

#61B5AB

accent

#DBCA4C

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F7ECEC

border

#D0C7C7

text

#120707

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E2D39

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

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