#8E2E35#8E2E35

#8E2E35 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.080; OKLCH L 44.6% C 0.130 H 20.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E2E35
RGB	rgb(142, 46, 53)
HSL	hsl(356, 51%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(356, 68%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.6%, 62.7%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.91, 41.01, 18.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.91, 44.91, 24.05°)
OKLab	oklab(44.61% 0.1218 0.0443)
OKLCH	oklch(44.61% 0.13 20)
XYZ	xyz(12.7762, 7.9636, 4.2318)
Luminance	0.0796 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8E2E35 #2E8E87

analogous

#8E2E65 #8E2E35 #8E572E

triadic

#8E2E35 #358E2E #2E358E

tetradic

#8E2E35 #658E2E #2E8E87 #572E8E

square

#8E2E35 #658E2E #2E8E87 #572E8E

split-complementary

#8E2E35 #2E8E57 #2E658E

monochromatic

#321012 #601F24 #8E2E35 #BC3D46 #CE6870

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.10

#8E2E35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.59

#8E2E35 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E2E35

8.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E2E35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E2E35	1.00	8.10	2.59	8.10
#FFFFFF	8.10	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.59	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.10	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#474335

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F5732

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C1931

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e2e35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 46, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.6% 0.130 20.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b56c6c',
    500: '#8e2e35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e2e35;
$custom-light: #b56c6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e2e35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.625,
    "s": 51.064,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44611,
    "c": 0.12963,
    "h": 20
  },
  "luminance": 0.07962
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E2E35

secondary

#63B5AF

accent

#DBD04D

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F7ECEB

border

#D0C7C6

text

#120706

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E2E35

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

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