#8E2622#8E2622

#8E2622 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.073; OKLCH L 43.4% C 0.140 H 27.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E2622
RGB	rgb(142, 38, 34)
HSL	hsl(2, 61%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(2, 76%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.2%, 76.1%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.38, 43.26, 28.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.38, 51.72, 33.22°)
OKLab	oklab(43.37% 0.1249 0.0636)
OKLCH	oklch(43.37% 0.14 27)
XYZ	xyz(12.1386, 7.2543, 2.2741)
Luminance	0.0725 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E2622 #228A8E

analogous

#8E2254 #8E2622 #8E5C22

triadic

#8E2622 #228E26 #26228E

tetradic

#8E2622 #548E22 #228A8E #5C228E

square

#8E2622 #548E22 #228A8E #5C228E

split-complementary

#8E2622 #228E5C #22548E

monochromatic

#2B0C0A #5D1916 #8E2622 #BF332E #D65954

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.57

#8E2622 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.45

#8E2622 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E2622

8.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E2622	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E2622	1.00	8.57	2.45	8.57
#FFFFFF	8.57	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.57	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#443E21

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E541E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D0026

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e2622;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 38, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.4% 0.140 27.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7685d',
    500: '#8e2622',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e2622;
$custom-light: #b7685d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e2622",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 38,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.222,
    "s": 61.364,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43371,
    "c": 0.14018,
    "h": 27
  },
  "luminance": 0.07253
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E2622

secondary

#52B6BA

accent

#DFE443

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130704

muted

#827A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E2622

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

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