#8E2720#8E2720

#8E2720 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.073; OKLCH L 43.5% C 0.140 H 28.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E2720
RGB	rgb(142, 39, 32)
HSL	hsl(4, 63%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(4, 77%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.5%, 77.5%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.50, 42.78, 29.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.50, 52.06, 34.74°)
OKLab	oklab(43.45% 0.1229 0.066)
OKLCH	oklch(43.45% 0.14 28.2)
XYZ	xyz(12.1429, 7.3079, 2.1374)
Luminance	0.0731 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E2720 #20878E

analogous

#8E2050 #8E2720 #8E5E20

triadic

#8E2720 #208E27 #27208E

tetradic

#8E2720 #508E20 #20878E #5E208E

square

#8E2720 #508E20 #20878E #5E208E

split-complementary

#8E2720 #208E5E #20508E

monochromatic

#2A0C09 #5C1915 #8E2720 #C0352B #D85951

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.53

#8E2720 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.46

#8E2720 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E2720

8.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E2720	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E2720	1.00	8.53	2.46	8.53
#FFFFFF	8.53	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.53	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#453E1E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F551C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D0026

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e2720;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 39, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.5% 0.140 28.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7685c',
    500: '#8e2720',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e2720;
$custom-light: #b7685c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e2720",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.818,
    "s": 63.218,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43452,
    "c": 0.13955,
    "h": 28.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.07306
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E2720

secondary

#4FB4BB

accent

#DCE642

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130704

muted

#827A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E2720

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

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