#8E2920#8E2920

#8E2920 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.074; OKLCH L 43.7% C 0.138 H 29.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E2920
RGB	rgb(142, 41, 32)
HSL	hsl(5, 63%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(5, 77%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.1%, 77.5%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.79, 41.97, 29.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.79, 51.58, 35.55°)
OKLab	oklab(43.67% 0.1204 0.0667)
OKLCH	oklch(43.67% 0.138 29)
XYZ	xyz(12.2104, 7.4428, 2.1599)
Luminance	0.0744 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E2920 #20858E

analogous

#8E204E #8E2920 #8E6020

triadic

#8E2920 #208E29 #29208E

tetradic

#8E2920 #4E8E20 #20858E #60208E

square

#8E2920 #4E8E20 #20858E #60208E

split-complementary

#8E2920 #208E60 #204E8E

monochromatic

#2A0C09 #5C1B15 #8E2920 #C0372B #D85C51

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.44

#8E2920 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.49

#8E2920 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E2920

8.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E2920	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E2920	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)

#463F1E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F551C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D0528

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e2920;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 41, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.7% 0.138 29.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7695c',
    500: '#8e2920',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e2920;
$custom-light: #b7695c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e2920",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.909,
    "s": 63.218,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43674,
    "c": 0.13764,
    "h": 29
  },
  "luminance": 0.07441
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E2920

secondary

#4FB2BB

accent

#D9E642

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130704

muted

#827A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E2920

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

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