#8E2420#8E2420

#8E2420 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.071; OKLCH L 43.1% C 0.142 H 27.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E2420
RGB	rgb(142, 36, 32)
HSL	hsl(2, 63%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(2, 77%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.6%, 77.5%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.08, 43.95, 29.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.08, 52.76, 33.61°)
OKLab	oklab(43.14% 0.1266 0.065)
OKLCH	oklch(43.14% 0.142 27.2)
XYZ	xyz(12.0483, 7.1187, 2.1059)
Luminance	0.0712 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E2420 #208A8E

analogous

#8E2053 #8E2420 #8E5B20

triadic

#8E2420 #208E24 #24208E

tetradic

#8E2420 #538E20 #208A8E #5B208E

square

#8E2420 #538E20 #208A8E #5B208E

split-complementary

#8E2420 #208E5B #20538E

monochromatic

#2A0B09 #5C1715 #8E2420 #C0312B #D85651

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.67

#8E2420 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.42

#8E2420 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E2420

8.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E2420	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E2420	1.00	8.67	2.42	8.67
#FFFFFF	8.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#433D1E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E541C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D0024

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e2420;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 36, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.1% 0.142 27.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7675c',
    500: '#8e2420',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e2420;
$custom-light: #b7675c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e2420",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.182,
    "s": 63.218,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43136,
    "c": 0.14233,
    "h": 27.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.07117
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E2420

secondary

#4FB7BB

accent

#E0E642

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130604

muted

#827A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E2420

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

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