#8E2820#8E2820

#8E2820 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.074; OKLCH L 43.6% C 0.139 H 28.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E2820
RGB	rgb(142, 40, 32)
HSL	hsl(4, 63%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(4, 77%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.8%, 77.5%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.64, 42.38, 29.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.64, 51.82, 35.14°)
OKLab	oklab(43.56% 0.1217 0.0664)
OKLCH	oklch(43.56% 0.139 28.6)
XYZ	xyz(12.1762, 7.3745, 2.1485)
Luminance	0.0737 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E2820 #20868E

analogous

#8E204F #8E2820 #8E5F20

triadic

#8E2820 #208E28 #28208E

tetradic

#8E2820 #4F8E20 #20868E #5F208E

square

#8E2820 #4F8E20 #20868E #5F208E

split-complementary

#8E2820 #208E5F #204F8E

monochromatic

#2A0C09 #5C1A15 #8E2820 #C0362B #D85B51

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.49

#8E2820 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.47

#8E2820 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E2820

8.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E2820	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E2820	1.00	8.49	2.47	8.49
#FFFFFF	8.49	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.49	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#463F1E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F551C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D0227

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e2820;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 40, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.6% 0.139 28.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7695c',
    500: '#8e2820',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e2820;
$custom-light: #b7695c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e2820",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.364,
    "s": 63.218,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43562,
    "c": 0.1386,
    "h": 28.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.07373
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E2820

secondary

#4FB3BB

accent

#DAE642

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130704

muted

#827A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E2820

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

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