#8E2D45#8E2D45

#8E2D45 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.081; OKLCH L 44.9% C 0.132 H 9.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E2D45
RGB	rgb(142, 45, 69)
HSL	hsl(345, 52%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(345, 68%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.3%, 51.4%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.11, 42.76, 8.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.11, 43.55, 10.93°)
OKLab	oklab(44.88% 0.1299 0.0213)
OKLCH	oklch(44.88% 0.132 9.3)
XYZ	xyz(13.1690, 8.0589, 6.4911)
Luminance	0.0806 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E2D45 #2D8E76

analogous

#8E2D76 #8E2D45 #8E462D

triadic

#8E2D45 #458E2D #2D458E

tetradic

#8E2D45 #768E2D #2D8E76 #462D8E

square

#8E2D45 #768E2D #2D8E76 #462D8E

split-complementary

#8E2D45 #2D8E46 #2D768E

monochromatic

#311018 #601E2E #8E2D45 #BC3C5C #CF6780

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.04

#8E2D45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.61

#8E2D45 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E2D45

8.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E2D45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E2D45	1.00	8.04	2.61	8.04
#FFFFFF	8.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.61	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#434445

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D5743

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B1D36

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e2d45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 45, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.9% 0.132 9.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b46c78',
    500: '#8e2d45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e2d45;
$custom-light: #b46c78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e2d45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 345.155,
    "s": 51.872,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44876,
    "c": 0.13158,
    "h": 9.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.08057
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E2D45

secondary

#61B5A1

accent

#DBB84C

background

#FBF6F7

surface

#F6ECED

border

#D0C7C8

text

#120708

muted

#817A7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E2D45

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

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