#8E251D#8E251D

#8E251D is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.072; OKLCH L 43.2% C 0.142 H 28.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E251D
RGB	rgb(142, 37, 29)
HSL	hsl(4, 66%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(4, 80%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.9%, 79.6%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.18, 43.45, 31.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.18, 53.42, 35.59°)
OKLab	oklab(43.2% 0.1244 0.0683)
OKLCH	oklch(43.2% 0.142 28.8)
XYZ	xyz(12.0401, 7.1645, 1.9111)
Luminance	0.0716 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E251D #1D868E

analogous

#8E1D4D #8E251D #8E5D1D

triadic

#8E251D #1D8E25 #251D8E

tetradic

#8E251D #4D8E1D #1D868E #5D1D8E

square

#8E251D #4D8E1D #1D868E #5D1D8E

split-complementary

#8E251D #1D8E5D #1D4D8E

monochromatic

#280B08 #5B1813 #8E251D #C13227 #DA554B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.63

#8E251D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.43

#8E251D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E251D

8.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E251D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E251D	1.00	8.63	2.43	8.63
#FFFFFF	8.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#443D1B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E5419

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D0024

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e251d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 37, 29);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.2% 0.142 28.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7675a',
    500: '#8e251d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e251d;
$custom-light: #b7675a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e251d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 29
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.248,
    "s": 66.082,
    "l": 33.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43202,
    "c": 0.14188,
    "h": 28.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.07163
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E251D

secondary

#4AB4BD

accent

#DDE93F

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130603

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E251D

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

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