#8E291B#8E291B

#8E291B is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.074; OKLCH L 43.6% C 0.139 H 31.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E291B
RGB	rgb(142, 41, 27)
HSL	hsl(7, 68%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(7, 81%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.1%, 81%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.74, 41.77, 32.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.74, 53.12, 38.15°)
OKLab	oklab(43.61% 0.1187 0.0714)
OKLCH	oklch(43.61% 0.139 31)
XYZ	xyz(12.1475, 7.4176, 1.8288)
Luminance	0.0742 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E291B #1B808E

analogous

#8E1B47 #8E291B #8E621B

triadic

#8E291B #1B8E29 #291B8E

tetradic

#8E291B #478E1B #1B808E #621B8E

square

#8E291B #478E1B #1B808E #621B8E

split-complementary

#8E291B #1B8E62 #1B478E

monochromatic

#270B07 #5B1A11 #8E291B #C13825 #DC5947

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.46

#8E291B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.48

#8E291B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E291B

8.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E291B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E291B	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)

#473F18

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#605517

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D0327

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e291b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 41, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.6% 0.139 31.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b76958',
    500: '#8e291b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e291b;
$custom-light: #b76958;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e291b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.304,
    "s": 68.047,
    "l": 33.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43615,
    "c": 0.13853,
    "h": 31
  },
  "luminance": 0.07416
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E291B

secondary

#47AFBE

accent

#D6EB3D

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130703

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E291B

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

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