#8E2A1E#8E2A1E

#8E2A1E is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.075; OKLCH L 43.8% C 0.137 H 30.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E2A1E
RGB	rgb(142, 42, 30)
HSL	hsl(6, 65%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(6, 79%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.4%, 78.9%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.92, 41.47, 31.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.92, 51.95, 37.04°)
OKLab	oklab(43.76% 0.1184 0.069)
OKLCH	oklch(43.76% 0.137 30.2)
XYZ	xyz(12.2190, 7.5023, 2.0327)
Luminance	0.0750 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E2A1E #1E828E

analogous

#8E1E4A #8E2A1E #8E621E

triadic

#8E2A1E #1E8E2A #2A1E8E

tetradic

#8E2A1E #4A8E1E #1E828E #621E8E

square

#8E2A1E #4A8E1E #1E828E #621E8E

split-complementary

#8E2A1E #1E8E62 #1E4A8E

monochromatic

#290C09 #5B1B13 #8E2A1E #C13929 #D95C4D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.40

#8E2A1E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.50

#8E2A1E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E2A1E

8.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E2A1E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E2A1E	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)

#473F1C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#60561A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D0728

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e2a1e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 42, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.8% 0.137 30.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b76a5b',
    500: '#8e2a1e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e2a1e;
$custom-light: #b76a5b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e2a1e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.429,
    "s": 65.116,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43763,
    "c": 0.13705,
    "h": 30.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.075
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E2A1E

secondary

#4CB0BC

accent

#D6E840

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130704

muted

#827A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E2A1E

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

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