#8E2E39#8E2E39

#8E2E39 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.080; OKLCH L 44.7% C 0.129 H 17.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E2E39
RGB	rgb(142, 46, 57)
HSL	hsl(353, 51%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(353, 68%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.6%, 59.9%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.99, 41.31, 15.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.99, 44.24, 20.99°)
OKLab	oklab(44.7% 0.1235 0.0389)
OKLCH	oklch(44.7% 0.129 17.5)
XYZ	xyz(12.8720, 8.0019, 4.7368)
Luminance	0.0800 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8E2E39 #2E8E83

analogous

#8E2E69 #8E2E39 #8E532E

triadic

#8E2E39 #398E2E #2E398E

tetradic

#8E2E39 #698E2E #2E8E83 #532E8E

square

#8E2E39 #698E2E #2E8E83 #532E8E

split-complementary

#8E2E39 #2E8E53 #2E698E

monochromatic

#321014 #601F26 #8E2E39 #BC3D4C #CE6874

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.08

#8E2E39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.60

#8E2E39 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E2E39

8.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E2E39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E2E39	1.00	8.08	2.60	8.08
#FFFFFF	8.08	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.60	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.08	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#464339

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F5737

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C1A33

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e2e39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 46, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.7% 0.129 17.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b56d6f',
    500: '#8e2e39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e2e39;
$custom-light: #b56d6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e2e39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.125,
    "s": 51.064,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44697,
    "c": 0.12949,
    "h": 17.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.08
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E2E39

secondary

#63B5AC

accent

#DBCA4D

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F7ECEC

border

#D0C7C7

text

#120707

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E2E39

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

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