#8E281B#8E281B

#8E281B is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.073; OKLCH L 43.5% C 0.139 H 30.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E281B
RGB	rgb(142, 40, 27)
HSL	hsl(7, 68%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(7, 81%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.8%, 81%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.59, 42.18, 32.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.59, 53.35, 37.75°)
OKLab	oklab(43.5% 0.12 0.0711)
OKLCH	oklch(43.5% 0.139 30.6)
XYZ	xyz(12.1134, 7.3493, 1.8174)
Luminance	0.0735 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E281B #1B818E

analogous

#8E1B47 #8E281B #8E611B

triadic

#8E281B #1B8E28 #281B8E

tetradic

#8E281B #478E1B #1B818E #611B8E

square

#8E281B #478E1B #1B818E #611B8E

split-complementary

#8E281B #1B8E61 #1B478E

monochromatic

#270B07 #5B1A11 #8E281B #C13625 #DC5847

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.50

#8E281B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.47

#8E281B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E281B

8.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E281B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E281B	1.00	8.50	2.47	8.50
#FFFFFF	8.50	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.50	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#463E19

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F5517

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D0126

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e281b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 40, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.5% 0.139 30.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b76958',
    500: '#8e281b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e281b;
$custom-light: #b76958;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e281b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.783,
    "s": 68.047,
    "l": 33.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43503,
    "c": 0.13947,
    "h": 30.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.07347
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E281B

secondary

#47B0BE

accent

#D7EB3D

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130703

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E281B

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

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