#8E2A18#8E2A18

#8E2A18 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.075; OKLCH L 43.7% C 0.138 H 32.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E2A18
RGB	rgb(142, 42, 24)
HSL	hsl(9, 71%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(9, 83%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.4%, 83.1%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.86, 41.25, 34.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.86, 53.83, 39.98°)
OKLab	oklab(43.7% 0.1165 0.0742)
OKLCH	oklch(43.7% 0.138 32.5)
XYZ	xyz(12.1496, 7.4745, 1.6670)
Luminance	0.0747 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E2A18 #187C8E

analogous

#8E1841 #8E2A18 #8E6518

triadic

#8E2A18 #188E2A #2A188E

tetradic

#8E2A18 #418E18 #187C8E #65188E

square

#8E2A18 #418E18 #187C8E #65188E

split-complementary

#8E2A18 #188E65 #18418E

monochromatic

#250B06 #5A1B0F #8E2A18 #C23921 #DF5941

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.42

#8E2A18 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.49

#8E2A18 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E2A18

8.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E2A18	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E2A18	1.00	8.42	2.49	8.42
#FFFFFF	8.42	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.42	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#473F15

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#605513

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D0627

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e2a18;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 42, 24);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.7% 0.138 32.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b76a57',
    500: '#8e2a18',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e2a18;
$custom-light: #b76a57;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e2a18",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 24
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.153,
    "s": 71.084,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43699,
    "c": 0.13816,
    "h": 32.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.07473
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E2A18

secondary

#42ADC0

accent

#D2EE3A

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130703

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E2A18

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