#8E2D40#8E2D40

#8E2D40 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.080; OKLCH L 44.7% C 0.131 H 12.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E2D40
RGB	rgb(142, 45, 64)
HSL	hsl(348, 52%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(348, 68%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.3%, 54.9%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.98, 42.31, 11.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.98, 43.80, 14.98°)
OKLab	oklab(44.74% 0.1278 0.0286)
OKLCH	oklch(44.74% 0.131 12.6)
XYZ	xyz(13.0203, 7.9994, 5.7079)
Luminance	0.0800 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E2D40 #2D8E7B

analogous

#8E2D71 #8E2D40 #8E4A2D

triadic

#8E2D40 #408E2D #2D408E

tetradic

#8E2D40 #718E2D #2D8E7B #4A2D8E

square

#8E2D40 #718E2D #2D8E7B #4A2D8E

split-complementary

#8E2D40 #2D8E4A #2D718E

monochromatic

#311016 #601E2B #8E2D40 #BC3C55 #CF677B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.08

#8E2D40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.60

#8E2D40 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E2D40

8.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E2D40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E2D40	1.00	8.08	2.60	8.08
#FFFFFF	8.08	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.60	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.08	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#444340

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D573E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B1B35

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e2d40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 45, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.7% 0.131 12.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b46c74',
    500: '#8e2d40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e2d40;
$custom-light: #b46c74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e2d40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 348.247,
    "s": 51.872,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44743,
    "c": 0.13096,
    "h": 12.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.07998
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E2D40

secondary

#61B5A5

accent

#DBBF4C

background

#FBF6F7

surface

#F6ECED

border

#D0C7C8

text

#120708

muted

#817A7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E2D40

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