#8E2F31#8E2F31

#8E2F31 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.080; OKLCH L 44.7% C 0.129 H 22.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E2F31
RGB	rgb(142, 47, 49)
HSL	hsl(359, 50%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(359, 67%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.9%, 65.5%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.00, 40.29, 20.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.00, 45.42, 27.48°)
OKLab	oklab(44.66% 0.1188 0.0499)
OKLCH	oklch(44.66% 0.129 22.8)
XYZ	xyz(12.7275, 8.0073, 3.7805)
Luminance	0.0801 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8E2F31 #2F8E8C

analogous

#8E2F61 #8E2F31 #8E5D2F

triadic

#8E2F31 #318E2F #2F318E

tetradic

#8E2F31 #618E2F #2F8E8C #5D2F8E

square

#8E2F31 #618E2F #2F8E8C #5D2F8E

split-complementary

#8E2F31 #2F8E5D #2F618E

monochromatic

#321111 #602021 #8E2F31 #BC3E41 #CE6A6C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.07

#8E2F31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.60

#8E2F31 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E2F31

8.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E2F31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E2F31	1.00	8.07	2.60	8.07
#FFFFFF	8.07	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.60	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.07	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#484330

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#60572E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C1931

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e2f31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 47, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.7% 0.129 22.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b56d69',
    500: '#8e2f31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e2f31;
$custom-light: #b56d69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e2f31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 47,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.737,
    "s": 50.265,
    "l": 37.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44655,
    "c": 0.12883,
    "h": 22.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.08006
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E2F31

secondary

#64B5B3

accent

#DAD74E

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F7ECEB

border

#D0C7C6

text

#120706

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E2F31

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