#8E2020#8E2020

#8E2020 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 42.7% C 0.146 H 25.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E2020
RGB	rgb(142, 32, 32)
HSL	hsl(0, 63%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(0, 77%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 77.5%, 77.5%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.56, 45.39, 28.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.56, 53.67, 32.24°)
OKLab	oklab(42.75% 0.1312 0.0638)
OKLCH	oklch(42.75% 0.146 25.9)
XYZ	xyz(11.9340, 6.8900, 2.0677)
Luminance	0.0689 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E2020 #208E8E

analogous

#8E2057 #8E2020 #8E5720

triadic

#8E2020 #208E20 #20208E

tetradic

#8E2020 #578E20 #208E8E #57208E

square

#8E2020 #578E20 #208E8E #57208E

split-complementary

#8E2020 #208E57 #20578E

monochromatic

#2A0909 #5C1515 #8E2020 #C02B2B #D85151

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.83

#8E2020 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.38

#8E2020 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E2020

8.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E2020	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E2020	1.00	8.83	2.38	8.83
#FFFFFF	8.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#413B1F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D531C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D0022

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e2020;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 32, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.7% 0.146 25.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7655c',
    500: '#8e2020',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e2020;
$custom-light: #b7655c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e2020",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 32,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 63.218,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42749,
    "c": 0.14585,
    "h": 25.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.06888
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E2020

secondary

#4FBBBB

accent

#E6E642

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130604

muted

#827A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E2020

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

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