#8E2520#8E2520

#8E2520 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.072; OKLCH L 43.2% C 0.141 H 27.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E2520
RGB	rgb(142, 37, 32)
HSL	hsl(3, 63%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(3, 77%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.9%, 77.5%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.21, 43.57, 29.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.21, 52.53, 33.97°)
OKLab	oklab(43.24% 0.1254 0.0654)
OKLCH	oklch(43.24% 0.141 27.5)
XYZ	xyz(12.0790, 7.1801, 2.1161)
Luminance	0.0718 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E2520 #20898E

analogous

#8E2052 #8E2520 #8E5C20

triadic

#8E2520 #208E25 #25208E

tetradic

#8E2520 #528E20 #20898E #5C208E

square

#8E2520 #528E20 #20898E #5C208E

split-complementary

#8E2520 #208E5C #20528E

monochromatic

#2A0B09 #5C1815 #8E2520 #C0322B #D85751

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.62

#8E2520 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.44

#8E2520 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E2520

8.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E2520	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E2520	1.00	8.62	2.44	8.62
#FFFFFF	8.62	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.62	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#443D1E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E541C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D0025

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e2520;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 37, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.2% 0.141 27.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7685c',
    500: '#8e2520',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e2520;
$custom-light: #b7685c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e2520",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.727,
    "s": 63.218,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43239,
    "c": 0.14142,
    "h": 27.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.07178
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E2520

secondary

#4FB6BB

accent

#DFE642

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130604

muted

#827A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E2520

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

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