#8E281D#8E281D

#8E281D is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.074; OKLCH L 43.5% C 0.139 H 29.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E281D
RGB	rgb(142, 40, 29)
HSL	hsl(6, 66%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(6, 80%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.8%, 79.6%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.61, 42.26, 31.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.61, 52.73, 36.74°)
OKLab	oklab(43.53% 0.1207 0.0692)
OKLCH	oklch(43.53% 0.139 29.8)
XYZ	xyz(12.1373, 7.3589, 1.9435)
Luminance	0.0736 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E281D #1D838E

analogous

#8E1D4A #8E281D #8E601D

triadic

#8E281D #1D8E28 #281D8E

tetradic

#8E281D #4A8E1D #1D838E #601D8E

square

#8E281D #4A8E1D #1D838E #601D8E

split-complementary

#8E281D #1D8E60 #1D4A8E

monochromatic

#280B08 #5B1A13 #8E281D #C13627 #DA594B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.50

#8E281D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.47

#8E281D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E281D

8.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E281D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E281D	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)

#463E1B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F5519

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D0126

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e281d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 40, 29);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.5% 0.139 29.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7695a',
    500: '#8e281d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e281d;
$custom-light: #b7695a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e281d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 29
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.841,
    "s": 66.082,
    "l": 33.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43525,
    "c": 0.13912,
    "h": 29.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.07357
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E281D

secondary

#4AB1BD

accent

#D8E93F

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130704

muted

#827A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E281D

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

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