#8E2A1D#8E2A1D

#8E2A1D is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.075; OKLCH L 43.8% C 0.137 H 30.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E2A1D
RGB	rgb(142, 42, 29)
HSL	hsl(7, 66%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(7, 80%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.4%, 79.6%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.91, 41.43, 31.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.91, 52.26, 37.56°)
OKLab	oklab(43.75% 0.1181 0.0699)
OKLCH	oklch(43.75% 0.137 30.6)
XYZ	xyz(12.2065, 7.4973, 1.9665)
Luminance	0.0750 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E2A1D #1D818E

analogous

#8E1D48 #8E2A1D #8E621D

triadic

#8E2A1D #1D8E2A #2A1D8E

tetradic

#8E2A1D #488E1D #1D818E #621D8E

square

#8E2A1D #488E1D #1D818E #621D8E

split-complementary

#8E2A1D #1D8E62 #1D488E

monochromatic

#280C08 #5B1B13 #8E2A1D #C13927 #DA5C4B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.40

#8E2A1D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.50

#8E2A1D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E2A1D

8.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E2A1D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E2A1D	1.00	8.40	2.50	8.40
#FFFFFF	8.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#473F1B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#605519

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D0728

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e2a1d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 42, 29);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.8% 0.137 30.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b76a5a',
    500: '#8e2a1d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e2a1d;
$custom-light: #b76a5a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e2a1d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 29
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.903,
    "s": 66.082,
    "l": 33.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43752,
    "c": 0.13723,
    "h": 30.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.07495
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E2A1D

secondary

#4AAFBD

accent

#D5E93F

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130704

muted

#827A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E2A1D

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

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