#8E2D44#8E2D44

#8E2D44 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.080; OKLCH L 44.8% C 0.131 H 10.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E2D44
RGB	rgb(142, 45, 68)
HSL	hsl(346, 52%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(346, 68%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.3%, 52.1%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.08, 42.66, 8.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.08, 43.58, 11.75°)
OKLab	oklab(44.85% 0.1295 0.0227)
OKLCH	oklch(44.85% 0.131 10)
XYZ	xyz(13.1382, 8.0466, 6.3290)
Luminance	0.0804 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E2D44 #2D8E77

analogous

#8E2D75 #8E2D44 #8E472D

triadic

#8E2D44 #448E2D #2D448E

tetradic

#8E2D44 #758E2D #2D8E77 #472D8E

square

#8E2D44 #758E2D #2D8E77 #472D8E

split-complementary

#8E2D44 #2D8E47 #2D758E

monochromatic

#311017 #601E2E #8E2D44 #BC3C5A #CF677F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.05

#8E2D44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.61

#8E2D44 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E2D44

8.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E2D44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E2D44	1.00	8.05	2.61	8.05
#FFFFFF	8.05	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.61	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.05	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#444444

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D5742

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B1C36

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e2d44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 45, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.8% 0.131 10.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b46c77',
    500: '#8e2d44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e2d44;
$custom-light: #b46c77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e2d44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 345.773,
    "s": 51.872,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44848,
    "c": 0.13143,
    "h": 10
  },
  "luminance": 0.08045
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E2D44

secondary

#61B5A1

accent

#DBB94C

background

#FBF6F7

surface

#F6ECED

border

#D0C7C8

text

#120708

muted

#817A7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E2D44

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

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