#8E353B#8E353B

#8E353B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.086; OKLCH L 45.6% C 0.121 H 19.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E353B
RGB	rgb(142, 53, 59)
HSL	hsl(356, 46%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(356, 63%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.7%, 58.5%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.23, 38.23, 16.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.23, 41.53, 22.99°)
OKLab	oklab(45.64% 0.1141 0.0399)
OKLCH	oklch(45.64% 0.121 19.3)
XYZ	xyz(13.2190, 8.6144, 5.1035)
Luminance	0.0861 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E353B #358E88

analogous

#8E3567 #8E353B #8E5B35

triadic

#8E353B #3B8E35 #353B8E

tetradic

#8E353B #678E35 #358E88 #5B358E

square

#8E353B #678E35 #358E88 #5B358E

split-complementary

#8E353B #358E5B #35678E

monochromatic

#351416 #612428 #8E353B #BA464E #CB7379

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.71

#8E353B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.72

#8E353B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E353B

7.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E353B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E353B	1.00	7.71	2.72	7.71
#FFFFFF	7.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.72	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4B473B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#615A39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B2538

Achromatopsia (no color)

#535353

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e353b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 53, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.6% 0.121 19.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b47170',
    500: '#8e353b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e353b;
$custom-light: #b47170;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e353b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.955,
    "s": 45.641,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45642,
    "c": 0.12087,
    "h": 19.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.08613
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E353B

secondary

#6CB3AE

accent

#D5CC52

background

#FBF7F6

surface

#F6EDEC

border

#D0C8C7

text

#120807

muted

#817B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E353B

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

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