#8E251A#8E251A

#8E251A is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.071; OKLCH L 43.2% C 0.142 H 29.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E251A
RGB	rgb(142, 37, 26)
HSL	hsl(6, 69%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(6, 82%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.9%, 81.7%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.15, 43.34, 32.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.15, 54.34, 37.10°)
OKLab	oklab(43.17% 0.1234 0.071)
OKLCH	oklch(43.17% 0.142 29.9)
XYZ	xyz(12.0048, 7.1504, 1.7251)
Luminance	0.0715 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E251A #1A838E

analogous

#8E1A49 #8E251A #8E5F1A

triadic

#8E251A #1A8E25 #251A8E

tetradic

#8E251A #498E1A #1A838E #5F1A8E

square

#8E251A #498E1A #1A838E #5F1A8E

split-complementary

#8E251A #1A8E5F #1A498E

monochromatic

#270A07 #5A1811 #8E251A #C23223 #DD5445

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.64

#8E251A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.43

#8E251A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E251A

8.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E251A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E251A	1.00	8.64	2.43	8.64
#FFFFFF	8.64	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.64	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#443D18

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E5415

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D0023

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e251a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 37, 26);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.2% 0.142 29.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b76758',
    500: '#8e251a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e251a;
$custom-light: #b76758;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e251a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 26
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.69,
    "s": 69.048,
    "l": 32.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43168,
    "c": 0.14236,
    "h": 29.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.07149
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E251A

secondary

#45B3BE

accent

#DBEC3C

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130603

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E251A

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

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