#8E2F39#8E2F39

#8E2F39 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.081; OKLCH L 44.8% C 0.128 H 17.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E2F39
RGB	rgb(142, 47, 57)
HSL	hsl(354, 50%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(354, 67%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.9%, 59.9%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.15, 40.86, 16.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.15, 43.91, 21.46°)
OKLab	oklab(44.82% 0.1221 0.0394)
OKLCH	oklch(44.82% 0.128 17.9)
XYZ	xyz(12.9116, 8.0810, 4.7500)
Luminance	0.0808 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8E2F39 #2F8E84

analogous

#8E2F69 #8E2F39 #8E542F

triadic

#8E2F39 #398E2F #2F398E

tetradic

#8E2F39 #698E2F #2F8E84 #542F8E

square

#8E2F39 #698E2F #2F8E84 #542F8E

split-complementary

#8E2F39 #2F8E54 #2F698E

monochromatic

#321114 #602027 #8E2F39 #BC3E4B #CE6A74

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.03

#8E2F39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.62

#8E2F39 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E2F39

8.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E2F39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E2F39	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)

#474439

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F5837

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C1C33

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e2f39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 47, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.8% 0.128 17.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b56d6f',
    500: '#8e2f39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e2f39;
$custom-light: #b56d6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e2f39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 47,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.684,
    "s": 50.265,
    "l": 37.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44819,
    "c": 0.1283,
    "h": 17.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.08079
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E2F39

secondary

#64B5AC

accent

#DACB4E

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F6ECEC

border

#D0C7C7

text

#120707

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E2F39

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

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