#8E2726#8E2726

#8E2726 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.073; OKLCH L 43.5% C 0.139 H 25.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E2726
RGB	rgb(142, 39, 38)
HSL	hsl(1, 58%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(1, 73%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.5%, 73.2%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.58, 43.06, 26.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.58, 50.36, 31.23°)
OKLab	oklab(43.54% 0.1251 0.0597)
OKLCH	oklch(43.54% 0.139 25.5)
XYZ	xyz(12.2321, 7.3436, 2.6067)
Luminance	0.0734 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E2726 #268D8E

analogous

#8E2659 #8E2726 #8E5B26

triadic

#8E2726 #268E27 #27268E

tetradic

#8E2726 #598E26 #268D8E #5B268E

square

#8E2726 #598E26 #268D8E #5B268E

split-complementary

#8E2726 #268E5B #26598E

monochromatic

#2D0C0C #5E1A19 #8E2726 #BE3433 #D35C5B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.51

#8E2726 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.47

#8E2726 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E2726

8.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E2726	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E2726	1.00	8.51	2.47	8.51
#FFFFFF	8.51	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.51	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#443E25

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E5523

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C0228

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e2726;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 39, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.5% 0.139 25.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b66960',
    500: '#8e2726',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e2726;
$custom-light: #b66960;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e2726",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.577,
    "s": 57.778,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43536,
    "c": 0.13864,
    "h": 25.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.07342
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E2726

secondary

#58B7B8

accent

#E0E147

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130705

muted

#827A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E2726

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

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