#8E291A#8E291A

#8E291A is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.074; OKLCH L 43.6% C 0.139 H 31.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E291A
RGB	rgb(142, 41, 26)
HSL	hsl(8, 69%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(8, 82%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.1%, 81.7%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.73, 41.74, 33.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.73, 53.43, 38.64°)
OKLab	oklab(43.6% 0.1184 0.0723)
OKLCH	oklch(43.6% 0.139 31.4)
XYZ	xyz(12.1361, 7.4131, 1.7689)
Luminance	0.0741 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E291A #1A7F8E

analogous

#8E1A45 #8E291A #8E631A

triadic

#8E291A #1A8E29 #291A8E

tetradic

#8E291A #458E1A #1A7F8E #631A8E

square

#8E291A #458E1A #1A7F8E #631A8E

split-complementary

#8E291A #1A8E63 #1A458E

monochromatic

#270B07 #5A1A11 #8E291A #C23823 #DD5945

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.46

#8E291A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.48

#8E291A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E291A

8.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E291A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E291A	1.00	8.46	2.48	8.46
#FFFFFF	8.46	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.48	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.46	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#473F17

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#605516

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D0326

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e291a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 41, 26);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.6% 0.139 31.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b76958',
    500: '#8e291a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e291a;
$custom-light: #b76958;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e291a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 26
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.759,
    "s": 69.048,
    "l": 32.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43604,
    "c": 0.13872,
    "h": 31.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.07411
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E291A

secondary

#45AFBE

accent

#D5EC3C

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130703

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E291A

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

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