#8E2A20#8E2A20

#8E2A20 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.075; OKLCH L 43.8% C 0.137 H 29.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E2A20
RGB	rgb(142, 42, 32)
HSL	hsl(5, 63%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(5, 77%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.4%, 77.5%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.95, 41.55, 30.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.95, 51.34, 35.97°)
OKLab	oklab(43.79% 0.1191 0.0671)
OKLCH	oklch(43.79% 0.137 29.4)
XYZ	xyz(12.2454, 7.5128, 2.1716)
Luminance	0.0751 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8E2A20 #20848E

analogous

#8E204D #8E2A20 #8E6120

triadic

#8E2A20 #208E2A #2A208E

tetradic

#8E2A20 #4D8E20 #20848E #61208E

square

#8E2A20 #4D8E20 #20848E #61208E

split-complementary

#8E2A20 #208E61 #204D8E

monochromatic

#2A0C09 #5C1B15 #8E2A20 #C0392B #D85D51

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.39

#8E2A20 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.50

#8E2A20 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E2A20

8.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E2A20	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E2A20	1.00	8.39	2.50	8.39
#FFFFFF	8.39	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.39	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#47401E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#60561C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D0828

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e2a20;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 42, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.8% 0.137 29.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b76a5c',
    500: '#8e2a20',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e2a20;
$custom-light: #b76a5c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e2a20",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.455,
    "s": 63.218,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43788,
    "c": 0.13668,
    "h": 29.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.07511
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E2A20

secondary

#4FB1BB

accent

#D7E642

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130704

muted

#827A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E2A20

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

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