#8E2E33#8E2E33

#8E2E33 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.079; OKLCH L 44.6% C 0.130 H 21.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E2E33
RGB	rgb(142, 46, 51)
HSL	hsl(357, 51%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(357, 68%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.6%, 64.1%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.87, 40.87, 19.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.87, 45.30, 25.53°)
OKLab	oklab(44.57% 0.121 0.0469)
OKLCH	oklch(44.57% 0.13 21.2)
XYZ	xyz(12.7311, 7.9455, 3.9946)
Luminance	0.0794 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E2E33 #2E8E89

analogous

#8E2E63 #8E2E33 #8E592E

triadic

#8E2E33 #338E2E #2E338E

tetradic

#8E2E33 #638E2E #2E8E89 #592E8E

square

#8E2E33 #638E2E #2E8E89 #592E8E

split-complementary

#8E2E33 #2E8E59 #2E638E

monochromatic

#321012 #601F22 #8E2E33 #BC3D44 #CE686E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.11

#8E2E33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.59

#8E2E33 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E2E33

8.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E2E33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E2E33	1.00	8.11	2.59	8.11
#FFFFFF	8.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.59	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.11	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#474332

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F5730

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C1831

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e2e33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 46, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.6% 0.130 21.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b56c6a',
    500: '#8e2e33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e2e33;
$custom-light: #b56c6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e2e33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.875,
    "s": 51.064,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44571,
    "c": 0.12977,
    "h": 21.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.07944
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E2E33

secondary

#63B5B1

accent

#DBD34D

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F7ECEB

border

#D0C7C6

text

#120706

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E2E33

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

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