#8E2A1A#8E2A1A

#8E2A1A is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.075; OKLCH L 43.7% C 0.138 H 31.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E2A1A
RGB	rgb(142, 42, 26)
HSL	hsl(8, 69%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(8, 82%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.4%, 81.7%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.88, 41.32, 33.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.88, 53.20, 39.05°)
OKLab	oklab(43.72% 0.1171 0.0726)
OKLCH	oklch(43.72% 0.138 31.8)
XYZ	xyz(12.1712, 7.4831, 1.7806)
Luminance	0.0748 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E2A1A #1A7E8E

analogous

#8E1A44 #8E2A1A #8E641A

triadic

#8E2A1A #1A8E2A #2A1A8E

tetradic

#8E2A1A #448E1A #1A7E8E #641A8E

square

#8E2A1A #448E1A #1A7E8E #641A8E

split-complementary

#8E2A1A #1A8E64 #1A448E

monochromatic

#270B07 #5A1B11 #8E2A1A #C23923 #DD5A45

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.41

#8E2A1A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.50

#8E2A1A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E2A1A

8.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E2A1A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E2A1A	1.00	8.41	2.50	8.41
#FFFFFF	8.41	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.41	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#473F17

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#605516

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D0627

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e2a1a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 42, 26);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.7% 0.138 31.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b76a58',
    500: '#8e2a1a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e2a1a;
$custom-light: #b76a58;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e2a1a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 26
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.276,
    "s": 69.048,
    "l": 32.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43719,
    "c": 0.13779,
    "h": 31.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.07481
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E2A1A

secondary

#45AEBE

accent

#D4EC3C

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130703

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E2A1A

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

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