#8E2E40#8E2E40

#8E2E40 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.081; OKLCH L 44.9% C 0.130 H 13.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E2E40
RGB	rgb(142, 46, 64)
HSL	hsl(349, 51%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(349, 68%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.6%, 54.9%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.14, 41.87, 11.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.14, 43.44, 15.41°)
OKLab	oklab(44.86% 0.1264 0.0291)
OKLCH	oklch(44.86% 0.13 13)
XYZ	xyz(13.0589, 8.0767, 5.7208)
Luminance	0.0808 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E2E40 #2E8E7C

analogous

#8E2E70 #8E2E40 #8E4C2E

triadic

#8E2E40 #408E2E #2E408E

tetradic

#8E2E40 #708E2E #2E8E7C #4C2E8E

square

#8E2E40 #708E2E #2E8E7C #4C2E8E

split-complementary

#8E2E40 #2E8E4C #2E708E

monochromatic

#321016 #601F2B #8E2E40 #BC3D55 #CE687B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.03

#8E2E40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.62

#8E2E40 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E2E40

8.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E2E40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E2E40	1.00	8.03	2.62	8.03
#FFFFFF	8.03	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.62	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.03	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#454440

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E583E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B1C35

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e2e40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 46, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.9% 0.130 13.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b46d74',
    500: '#8e2e40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e2e40;
$custom-light: #b46d74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e2e40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 348.75,
    "s": 51.064,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44863,
    "c": 0.12972,
    "h": 13
  },
  "luminance": 0.08075
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E2E40

secondary

#63B5A6

accent

#DBC04D

background

#FBF6F7

surface

#F6ECED

border

#D0C7C8

text

#120708

muted

#817A7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E2E40

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

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