#8E281C#8E281C

#8E281C is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.074; OKLCH L 43.5% C 0.139 H 30.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E281C
RGB	rgb(142, 40, 28)
HSL	hsl(6, 67%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(6, 80%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.8%, 80.3%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.60, 42.22, 32.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.60, 53.04, 37.25°)
OKLab	oklab(43.51% 0.1203 0.0702)
OKLCH	oklch(43.51% 0.139 30.2)
XYZ	xyz(12.1251, 7.3540, 1.8794)
Luminance	0.0735 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E281C #1C828E

analogous

#8E1C49 #8E281C #8E611C

triadic

#8E281C #1C8E28 #281C8E

tetradic

#8E281C #498E1C #1C828E #611C8E

square

#8E281C #498E1C #1C828E #611C8E

split-complementary

#8E281C #1C8E61 #1C498E

monochromatic

#280B08 #5B1A12 #8E281C #C13626 #DB5949

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.50

#8E281C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.47

#8E281C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E281C

8.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E281C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E281C	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)

#463E1A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F5518

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D0126

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e281c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 40, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.5% 0.139 30.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b76959',
    500: '#8e281c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e281c;
$custom-light: #b76959;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e281c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.316,
    "s": 67.059,
    "l": 33.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43514,
    "c": 0.13929,
    "h": 30.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.07352
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E281C

secondary

#49B1BD

accent

#D8EA3E

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130703

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E281C

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

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