#8E291C#8E291C

#8E291C is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.074; OKLCH L 43.6% C 0.138 H 30.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E291C
RGB	rgb(142, 41, 28)
HSL	hsl(7, 67%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(7, 80%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.1%, 80.3%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.75, 41.81, 32.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.75, 52.81, 37.65°)
OKLab	oklab(43.63% 0.1191 0.0705)
OKLCH	oklch(43.63% 0.138 30.6)
XYZ	xyz(12.1593, 7.4223, 1.8908)
Luminance	0.0742 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E291C #1C818E

analogous

#8E1C48 #8E291C #8E621C

triadic

#8E291C #1C8E29 #291C8E

tetradic

#8E291C #488E1C #1C818E #621C8E

square

#8E291C #488E1C #1C818E #621C8E

split-complementary

#8E291C #1C8E62 #1C488E

monochromatic

#280B08 #5B1A12 #8E291C #C13826 #DB5A49

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.45

#8E291C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.48

#8E291C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E291C

8.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E291C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E291C	1.00	8.45	2.48	8.45
#FFFFFF	8.45	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.48	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.45	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#473F1A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#605518

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D0427

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e291c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 41, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.6% 0.138 30.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b76959',
    500: '#8e291c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e291c;
$custom-light: #b76959;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e291c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.842,
    "s": 67.059,
    "l": 33.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43626,
    "c": 0.13836,
    "h": 30.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.0742
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E291C

secondary

#49B0BD

accent

#D6EA3E

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130703

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E291C

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

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