Exploring the Color #8E3A3C

#8E3A3C sits at 359° on the color wheel, placing it in the red family of the warm half of the spectrum. With 42% saturation and 39% lightness, it reads as a moderately saturated, shadowed tone — a balanced mid-energy presence that sits comfortably alongside other UI tones. Its RGB mix of 142, 58, 60 produces a 7.45:1 contrast ratio against white, which clears WCAG AAA for body text in that pairing.

In RGB space #8E3A3C is a clear variant of CSS brown — about 33 units away from #A52A2A. Designers reach for red hues at this saturation when the brief calls for a conversational, mid-energy register, and at this lightness when they want a present, comfortable mid-canvas voice. On screen the warm cast tends to pair best with cool neutrals around 210°-230° to balance temperature.

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