#8E2E30#8E2E30

#8E2E30 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.079; OKLCH L 44.5% C 0.130 H 23.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E2E30
RGB	rgb(142, 46, 48)
HSL	hsl(359, 51%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(359, 68%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.6%, 66.2%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.82, 40.68, 21.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.82, 45.94, 27.70°)
OKLab	oklab(44.51% 0.1198 0.0507)
OKLCH	oklch(44.51% 0.13 23)
XYZ	xyz(12.6671, 7.9199, 3.6574)
Luminance	0.0792 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8E2E30 #2E8E8C

analogous

#8E2E60 #8E2E30 #8E5C2E

triadic

#8E2E30 #308E2E #2E308E

tetradic

#8E2E30 #608E2E #2E8E8C #5C2E8E

square

#8E2E30 #608E2E #2E8E8C #5C2E8E

split-complementary

#8E2E30 #2E8E5C #2E608E

monochromatic

#321011 #601F20 #8E2E30 #BC3D40 #CE686A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.13

#8E2E30 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.58

#8E2E30 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E2E30

8.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E2E30	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E2E30	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)

#47432F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#60572D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C1730

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e2e30;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 46, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.5% 0.130 23.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b56c68',
    500: '#8e2e30',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e2e30;
$custom-light: #b56c68;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e2e30",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.75,
    "s": 51.064,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44513,
    "c": 0.13007,
    "h": 23
  },
  "luminance": 0.07918
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E2E30

secondary

#63B5B3

accent

#DBD84D

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F7ECEB

border

#D0C7C6

text

#120706

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E2E30

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

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