#8E2F34#8E2F34

#8E2F34 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.080; OKLCH L 44.7% C 0.129 H 21.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E2F34
RGB	rgb(142, 47, 52)
HSL	hsl(357, 50%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(357, 67%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.9%, 63.4%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.05, 40.50, 19.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.05, 44.79, 25.28°)
OKLab	oklab(44.71% 0.12 0.0461)
OKLCH	oklch(44.71% 0.129 21)
XYZ	xyz(12.7929, 8.0335, 4.1251)
Luminance	0.0803 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8E2F34 #2F8E89

analogous

#8E2F64 #8E2F34 #8E5A2F

triadic

#8E2F34 #348E2F #2F348E

tetradic

#8E2F34 #648E2F #2F8E89 #5A2F8E

square

#8E2F34 #648E2F #2F8E89 #5A2F8E

split-complementary

#8E2F34 #2F8E5A #2F648E

monochromatic

#321112 #602023 #8E2F34 #BC3E45 #CE6A6F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.06

#8E2F34 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.61

#8E2F34 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E2F34

8.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E2F34	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E2F34	1.00	8.06	2.61	8.06
#FFFFFF	8.06	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.61	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.06	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#484333

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#605831

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C1A32

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e2f34;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 47, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.7% 0.129 21.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b56d6b',
    500: '#8e2f34',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e2f34;
$custom-light: #b56d6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e2f34",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 47,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.842,
    "s": 50.265,
    "l": 37.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44714,
    "c": 0.12855,
    "h": 21
  },
  "luminance": 0.08032
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E2F34

secondary

#64B5B0

accent

#DAD24E

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F7ECEB

border

#D0C7C6

text

#120706

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E2F34

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

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