#8E353E#8E353E

#8E353E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.086; OKLCH L 45.7% C 0.121 H 17.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E353E
RGB	rgb(142, 53, 62)
HSL	hsl(354, 46%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(354, 63%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.7%, 56.3%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.29, 38.48, 14.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.29, 41.08, 20.51°)
OKLab	oklab(45.71% 0.1154 0.0358)
OKLCH	oklch(45.71% 0.121 17.2)
XYZ	xyz(13.2991, 8.6465, 5.5251)
Luminance	0.0864 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E353E #358E85

analogous

#8E356A #8E353E #8E5835

triadic

#8E353E #3E8E35 #353E8E

tetradic

#8E353E #6A8E35 #358E85 #58358E

square

#8E353E #6A8E35 #358E85 #58358E

split-complementary

#8E353E #358E58 #356A8E

monochromatic

#351417 #61242B #8E353E #BA4652 #CB737C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.70

#8E353E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.73

#8E353E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E353E

7.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E353E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E353E	1.00	7.70	2.73	7.70
#FFFFFF	7.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4A473E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#615A3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B2639

Achromatopsia (no color)

#535353

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e353e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 53, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.7% 0.121 17.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b47173',
    500: '#8e353e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e353e;
$custom-light: #b47173;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e353e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.933,
    "s": 45.641,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4571,
    "c": 0.12078,
    "h": 17.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.08645
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E353E

secondary

#6CB3AC

accent

#D5C852

background

#FBF7F6

surface

#F6EDEC

border

#D0C8C7

text

#120808

muted

#817B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E353E

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

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