#8E251B#8E251B

#8E251B is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.072; OKLCH L 43.2% C 0.142 H 29.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E251B
RGB	rgb(142, 37, 27)
HSL	hsl(5, 68%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(5, 81%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.9%, 81%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.16, 43.37, 32.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.16, 54.03, 36.61°)
OKLab	oklab(43.18% 0.1237 0.0701)
OKLCH	oklch(43.18% 0.142 29.5)
XYZ	xyz(12.0161, 7.1549, 1.7850)
Luminance	0.0715 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E251B #1B848E

analogous

#8E1B4B #8E251B #8E5E1B

triadic

#8E251B #1B8E25 #251B8E

tetradic

#8E251B #4B8E1B #1B848E #5E1B8E

square

#8E251B #4B8E1B #1B848E #5E1B8E

split-complementary

#8E251B #1B8E5E #1B4B8E

monochromatic

#270A07 #5B1811 #8E251B #C13225 #DC5447

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.64

#8E251B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.43

#8E251B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E251B

8.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E251B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E251B	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)

#443D19

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E5416

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D0024

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e251b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 37, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.2% 0.142 29.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b76758',
    500: '#8e251b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e251b;
$custom-light: #b76758;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e251b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.217,
    "s": 68.047,
    "l": 33.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43179,
    "c": 0.1422,
    "h": 29.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.07153
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E251B

secondary

#47B3BE

accent

#DCEB3D

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130603

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E251B

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

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