#8E281A#8E281A

#8E281A is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.073; OKLCH L 43.5% C 0.140 H 31.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E281A
RGB	rgb(142, 40, 26)
HSL	hsl(7, 69%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(7, 82%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.8%, 81.7%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.58, 42.15, 33.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.58, 53.66, 38.24°)
OKLab	oklab(43.49% 0.1197 0.0719)
OKLCH	oklch(43.49% 0.14 31)
XYZ	xyz(12.1020, 7.3448, 1.7575)
Luminance	0.0734 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E281A #1A808E

analogous

#8E1A46 #8E281A #8E621A

triadic

#8E281A #1A8E28 #281A8E

tetradic

#8E281A #468E1A #1A808E #621A8E

square

#8E281A #468E1A #1A808E #621A8E

split-complementary

#8E281A #1A8E62 #1A468E

monochromatic

#270B07 #5A1911 #8E281A #C23723 #DD5845

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.51

#8E281A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.47

#8E281A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E281A

8.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E281A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E281A	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)

#463E17

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F5515

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D0026

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e281a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 40, 26);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.5% 0.140 31.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b76958',
    500: '#8e281a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e281a;
$custom-light: #b76958;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e281a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 26
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.241,
    "s": 69.048,
    "l": 32.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43492,
    "c": 0.13964,
    "h": 31
  },
  "luminance": 0.07343
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E281A

secondary

#45B0BE

accent

#D7EC3C

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130703

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E281A

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

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