#8E2E32#8E2E32

#8E2E32 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.079; OKLCH L 44.6% C 0.130 H 21.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E2E32
RGB	rgb(142, 46, 50)
HSL	hsl(358, 51%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(358, 68%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.6%, 64.8%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.85, 40.81, 20.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.85, 45.50, 26.27°)
OKLab	oklab(44.55% 0.1206 0.0482)
OKLCH	oklch(44.55% 0.13 21.8)
XYZ	xyz(12.7093, 7.9368, 3.8797)
Luminance	0.0794 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E2E32 #2E8E8A

analogous

#8E2E62 #8E2E32 #8E5A2E

triadic

#8E2E32 #328E2E #2E328E

tetradic

#8E2E32 #628E2E #2E8E8A #5A2E8E

square

#8E2E32 #628E2E #2E8E8A #5A2E8E

split-complementary

#8E2E32 #2E8E5A #2E628E

monochromatic

#321011 #601F22 #8E2E32 #BC3D42 #CE686C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.12

#8E2E32 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.59

#8E2E32 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E2E32

8.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E2E32	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E2E32	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)

#474331

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F572F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C1830

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e2e32;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 46, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.6% 0.130 21.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b56c69',
    500: '#8e2e32',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e2e32;
$custom-light: #b56c69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e2e32",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.5,
    "s": 51.064,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44551,
    "c": 0.12987,
    "h": 21.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.07935
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E2E32

secondary

#63B5B2

accent

#DBD54D

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F7ECEB

border

#D0C7C6

text

#120706

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E2E32

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

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