#8E291F#8E291F

#8E291F is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.074; OKLCH L 43.7% C 0.138 H 29.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E291F
RGB	rgb(142, 41, 31)
HSL	hsl(5, 64%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(5, 78%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.1%, 78.2%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.78, 41.93, 30.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.78, 51.89, 36.09°)
OKLab	oklab(43.66% 0.1201 0.0677)
OKLCH	oklch(43.66% 0.138 29.4)
XYZ	xyz(12.1970, 7.4374, 2.0894)
Luminance	0.0744 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E291F #1F848E

analogous

#8E1F4D #8E291F #8E611F

triadic

#8E291F #1F8E29 #291F8E

tetradic

#8E291F #4D8E1F #1F848E #611F8E

square

#8E291F #4D8E1F #1F848E #611F8E

split-complementary

#8E291F #1F8E61 #1F4D8E

monochromatic

#2A0C09 #5C1A14 #8E291F #C0382A #D95B4F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.44

#8E291F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.49

#8E291F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E291F

8.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E291F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E291F	1.00	8.44	2.49	8.44
#FFFFFF	8.44	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.44	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#463F1D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F551B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D0528

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e291f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 41, 31);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.7% 0.138 29.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7695b',
    500: '#8e291f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e291f;
$custom-light: #b7695b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e291f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 31
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.405,
    "s": 64.162,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43661,
    "c": 0.13782,
    "h": 29.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.07436
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E291F

secondary

#4DB2BB

accent

#D8E741

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130704

muted

#827A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E291F

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