#8E2A19#8E2A19

#8E2A19 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.075; OKLCH L 43.7% C 0.138 H 32.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E2A19
RGB	rgb(142, 42, 25)
HSL	hsl(9, 70%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(9, 82%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.4%, 82.4%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.87, 41.29, 34.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.87, 53.52, 39.52°)
OKLab	oklab(43.71% 0.1168 0.0734)
OKLCH	oklch(43.71% 0.138 32.2)
XYZ	xyz(12.1602, 7.4787, 1.7228)
Luminance	0.0748 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E2A19 #197D8E

analogous

#8E1942 #8E2A19 #8E6419

triadic

#8E2A19 #198E2A #2A198E

tetradic

#8E2A19 #428E19 #197D8E #64198E

square

#8E2A19 #428E19 #197D8E #64198E

split-complementary

#8E2A19 #198E64 #19428E

monochromatic

#260B07 #5A1B10 #8E2A19 #C23922 #DE5A43

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.42

#8E2A19 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.50

#8E2A19 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E2A19

8.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E2A19	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E2A19	1.00	8.42	2.50	8.42
#FFFFFF	8.42	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.42	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#473F16

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#605514

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D0627

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e2a19;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 42, 25);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.7% 0.138 32.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b76a57',
    500: '#8e2a19',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e2a19;
$custom-light: #b76a57;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e2a19",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 25
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.718,
    "s": 70.06,
    "l": 32.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43709,
    "c": 0.13797,
    "h": 32.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.07477
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E2A19

secondary

#44ADBF

accent

#D3ED3B

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130703

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E2A19

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

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