#8E2E41#8E2E41

#8E2E41 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.081; OKLCH L 44.9% C 0.130 H 12.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E2E41
RGB	rgb(142, 46, 65)
HSL	hsl(348, 51%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(348, 68%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.6%, 54.2%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.17, 41.96, 10.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.17, 43.36, 14.60°)
OKLab	oklab(44.89% 0.1268 0.0276)
OKLCH	oklch(44.89% 0.13 12.3)
XYZ	xyz(13.0876, 8.0881, 5.8720)
Luminance	0.0809 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E2E41 #2E8E7B

analogous

#8E2E71 #8E2E41 #8E4B2E

triadic

#8E2E41 #418E2E #2E418E

tetradic

#8E2E41 #718E2E #2E8E7B #4B2E8E

square

#8E2E41 #718E2E #2E8E7B #4B2E8E

split-complementary

#8E2E41 #2E8E4B #2E718E

monochromatic

#321017 #601F2C #8E2E41 #BC3D56 #CE687C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.02

#8E2E41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.62

#8E2E41 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E2E41

8.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E2E41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E2E41	1.00	8.02	2.62	8.02
#FFFFFF	8.02	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.62	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.02	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#454441

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E583F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B1D35

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e2e41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 46, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.9% 0.130 12.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b46d75',
    500: '#8e2e41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e2e41;
$custom-light: #b46d75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e2e41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 348.125,
    "s": 51.064,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44888,
    "c": 0.12981,
    "h": 12.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.08086
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E2E41

secondary

#63B5A5

accent

#DBBF4D

background

#FBF6F7

surface

#F6ECED

border

#D0C7C8

text

#120708

muted

#817A7B

Preview Lab

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