#8E2027#8E2027

#8E2027 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 42.9% C 0.145 H 22.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E2027
RGB	rgb(142, 32, 39)
HSL	hsl(356, 63%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(356, 77%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 77.5%, 72.5%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.65, 45.71, 24.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.65, 51.81, 28.09°)
OKLab	oklab(42.85% 0.1338 0.0561)
OKLCH	oklch(42.85% 0.145 22.8)
XYZ	xyz(12.0394, 6.9321, 2.6232)
Luminance	0.0693 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E2027 #208E87

analogous

#8E205E #8E2027 #8E5020

triadic

#8E2027 #278E20 #20278E

tetradic

#8E2027 #5E8E20 #208E87 #50208E

square

#8E2027 #5E8E20 #208E87 #50208E

split-complementary

#8E2027 #208E50 #205E8E

monochromatic

#2A090C #5C1519 #8E2027 #C02B35 #D85159

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.80

#8E2027 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.39

#8E2027 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E2027

8.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E2027	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E2027	1.00	8.80	2.39	8.80
#FFFFFF	8.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#413B26

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C5323

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D0024

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e2027;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 32, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.9% 0.145 22.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b76561',
    500: '#8e2027',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e2027;
$custom-light: #b76561;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e2027",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 32,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.182,
    "s": 63.218,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42852,
    "c": 0.14507,
    "h": 22.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.0693
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E2027

secondary

#4FBBB4

accent

#E6DC42

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130605

muted

#827A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E2027

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

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