#8E292B#8E292B

#8E292B is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.075; OKLCH L 43.8% C 0.136 H 23.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E292B
RGB	rgb(142, 41, 43)
HSL	hsl(359, 55%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(359, 71%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.1%, 69.7%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.95, 42.51, 23.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.95, 48.54, 28.86°)
OKLab	oklab(43.84% 0.1245 0.0547)
OKLCH	oklch(43.84% 0.136 23.7)
XYZ	xyz(12.3856, 7.5129, 3.0830)
Luminance	0.0751 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E292B #298E8C

analogous

#8E295D #8E292B #8E5929

triadic

#8E292B #2B8E29 #292B8E

tetradic

#8E292B #5D8E29 #298E8C #59298E

square

#8E292B #5D8E29 #298E8C #59298E

split-complementary

#8E292B #298E59 #295D8E

monochromatic

#2F0E0E #5F1B1D #8E292B #BD3739 #D16062

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.39

#8E292B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.50

#8E292B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E292B

8.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E292B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E292B	1.00	8.39	2.50	8.39
#FFFFFF	8.39	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.39	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#45402A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E5528

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C0A2B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e292b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 41, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.8% 0.136 23.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b66a64',
    500: '#8e292b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e292b;
$custom-light: #b66a64;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e292b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.812,
    "s": 55.191,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43837,
    "c": 0.136,
    "h": 23.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.07511
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E292B

secondary

#5CB7B5

accent

#DFDC49

background

#FCF6F6

surface

#F8EBEB

border

#D1C6C6

text

#120705

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E292B

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

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