#8E2A1B#8E2A1B

#8E2A1B is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.075; OKLCH L 43.7% C 0.138 H 31.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E2A1B
RGB	rgb(142, 42, 27)
HSL	hsl(8, 68%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(8, 81%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.4%, 81%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.89, 41.36, 32.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.89, 52.89, 38.56°)
OKLab	oklab(43.73% 0.1174 0.0717)
OKLCH	oklch(43.73% 0.138 31.4)
XYZ	xyz(12.1825, 7.4877, 1.8405)
Luminance	0.0749 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E2A1B #1B7F8E

analogous

#8E1B45 #8E2A1B #8E631B

triadic

#8E2A1B #1B8E2A #2A1B8E

tetradic

#8E2A1B #458E1B #1B7F8E #631B8E

square

#8E2A1B #458E1B #1B7F8E #631B8E

split-complementary

#8E2A1B #1B8E63 #1B458E

monochromatic

#270C07 #5B1B11 #8E2A1B #C13925 #DC5B47

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.41

#8E2A1B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.50

#8E2A1B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E2A1B

8.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E2A1B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E2A1B	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)

#473F18

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#605517

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D0627

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e2a1b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 42, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.7% 0.138 31.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b76a59',
    500: '#8e2a1b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e2a1b;
$custom-light: #b76a59;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e2a1b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.826,
    "s": 68.047,
    "l": 33.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43729,
    "c": 0.1376,
    "h": 31.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.07486
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E2A1B

secondary

#47AEBE

accent

#D4EB3D

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130703

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E2A1B

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

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