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#8E3B46 · Brick Red
Click to copy#8E3B46 is a medium, muted red color, closest to Brick Red and near Brick Red and Chestnut. In OKLCH it has 47% lightness and 0.11 chroma at hue 14°. Red suggests energy, urgency and appetite; it draws the eye faster than any other hue, which makes #8E3B46 a natural choice for calls to action, sale banners, food and sports brands. It appears in 3 ColorSwoop palettes.
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HEX
#8E3B46RGB
rgb(142, 59, 70)HSL
hsl(352, 41%, 39%)CMYK
0, 58, 51, 44CSS var
--brick-redContrast
7.33:1 white · 2.86:1 blackSimilar named colors
How to use #8E3B46
White text passes WCAG AA on #8E3B46 (7.33:1); black does not, so keep dark text off it.
For a calm scheme pair #8E3B46 with its analogous neighbors #8C3B6E and #8C593B; for contrast use its complement #3B8C81 as a small accent, and anchor everything with a neutral such as #F5F5F7.
--brick-red: #8E3B46;
$brick-red: #8E3B46;
colors: { 'brick-red': '#8E3B46' }