#8E201C#8E201C

#8E201C is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 42.7% C 0.146 H 27.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E201C
RGB	rgb(142, 32, 28)
HSL	hsl(2, 67%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(2, 80%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 77.5%, 80.3%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.51, 45.24, 30.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.51, 54.83, 34.40°)
OKLab	oklab(42.7% 0.1298 0.0677)
OKLCH	oklch(42.7% 0.146 27.5)
XYZ	xyz(11.8829, 6.8695, 1.7987)
Luminance	0.0687 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E201C #1C8A8E

analogous

#8E1C51 #8E201C #8E591C

triadic

#8E201C #1C8E20 #201C8E

tetradic

#8E201C #518E1C #1C8A8E #591C8E

square

#8E201C #518E1C #1C8A8E #591C8E

split-complementary

#8E201C #1C8E59 #1C518E

monochromatic

#280908 #5B1412 #8E201C #C12C26 #DB4E49

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.85

#8E201C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.37

#8E201C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E201C

8.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E201C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E201C	1.00	8.85	2.37	8.85
#FFFFFF	8.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#423B1A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D5317

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D0020

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e201c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 32, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.7% 0.146 27.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b76559',
    500: '#8e201c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e201c;
$custom-light: #b76559;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e201c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 32,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.105,
    "s": 67.059,
    "l": 33.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42698,
    "c": 0.14638,
    "h": 27.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.06868
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E201C

secondary

#49B9BD

accent

#E4EA3E

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130603

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E201C

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

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