#8E2E31#8E2E31

#8E2E31 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.079; OKLCH L 44.5% C 0.130 H 22.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E2E31
RGB	rgb(142, 46, 49)
HSL	hsl(358, 51%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(358, 68%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.6%, 65.5%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.83, 40.74, 20.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.83, 45.72, 26.99°)
OKLab	oklab(44.53% 0.1202 0.0495)
OKLCH	oklch(44.53% 0.13 22.4)
XYZ	xyz(12.6880, 7.9283, 3.7673)
Luminance	0.0793 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E2E31 #2E8E8B

analogous

#8E2E61 #8E2E31 #8E5B2E

triadic

#8E2E31 #318E2E #2E318E

tetradic

#8E2E31 #618E2E #2E8E8B #5B2E8E

square

#8E2E31 #618E2E #2E8E8B #5B2E8E

split-complementary

#8E2E31 #2E8E5B #2E618E

monochromatic

#321011 #601F21 #8E2E31 #BC3D41 #CE686B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.12

#8E2E31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.59

#8E2E31 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E2E31

8.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E2E31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E2E31	1.00	8.12	2.59	8.12
#FFFFFF	8.12	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.59	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.12	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#474330

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#60572E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C1730

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e2e31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 46, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.5% 0.130 22.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b56c69',
    500: '#8e2e31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e2e31;
$custom-light: #b56c69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e2e31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.125,
    "s": 51.064,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44532,
    "c": 0.12996,
    "h": 22.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.07927
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E2E31

secondary

#63B5B2

accent

#DBD64D

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F7ECEB

border

#D0C7C6

text

#120706

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E2E31

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