#8E2A22#8E2A22

#8E2A22 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.075; OKLCH L 43.8% C 0.136 H 28.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E2A22
RGB	rgb(142, 42, 34)
HSL	hsl(4, 61%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(4, 76%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.4%, 76.1%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.97, 41.64, 28.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.97, 50.74, 34.85°)
OKLab	oklab(43.81% 0.1198 0.0651)
OKLCH	oklch(43.81% 0.136 28.5)
XYZ	xyz(12.2734, 7.5240, 2.3191)
Luminance	0.0752 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E2A22 #22868E

analogous

#8E2250 #8E2A22 #8E6022

triadic

#8E2A22 #228E2A #2A228E

tetradic

#8E2A22 #508E22 #22868E #60228E

square

#8E2A22 #508E22 #22868E #60228E

split-complementary

#8E2A22 #228E60 #22508E

monochromatic

#2B0D0A #5D1B16 #8E2A22 #BF392E #D65E54

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.39

#8E2A22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.50

#8E2A22 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E2A22

8.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E2A22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E2A22	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)

#474020

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F561E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D0929

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e2a22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 42, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.8% 0.136 28.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b76a5d',
    500: '#8e2a22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e2a22;
$custom-light: #b76a5d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e2a22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.444,
    "s": 61.364,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43814,
    "c": 0.13633,
    "h": 28.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.07522
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E2A22

secondary

#52B2BA

accent

#D9E443

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130704

muted

#827A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E2A22

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

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