#8E2A29#8E2A29

#8E2A29 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.076; OKLCH L 43.9% C 0.135 H 25.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E2A29
RGB	rgb(142, 42, 41)
HSL	hsl(1, 55%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(1, 71%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.4%, 71.1%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.07, 41.99, 24.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.07, 48.78, 30.60°)
OKLab	oklab(43.92% 0.1224 0.0574)
OKLCH	oklch(43.92% 0.135 25.1)
XYZ	xyz(12.3849, 7.5686, 2.9061)
Luminance	0.0757 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8E2A29 #298D8E

analogous

#8E295A #8E2A29 #8E5C29

triadic

#8E2A29 #298E2A #2A298E

tetradic

#8E2A29 #5A8E29 #298D8E #5C298E

square

#8E2A29 #5A8E29 #298D8E #5C298E

split-complementary

#8E2A29 #298E5C #295A8E

monochromatic

#2F0E0E #5F1C1B #8E2A29 #BD3837 #D16160

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.36

#8E2A29 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.51

#8E2A29 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E2A29

8.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E2A29	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E2A29	1.00	8.36	2.51	8.36
#FFFFFF	8.36	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.36	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#464028

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F5626

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C0C2B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e2a29;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 42, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.9% 0.135 25.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b66a63',
    500: '#8e2a29',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e2a29;
$custom-light: #b66a63;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e2a29",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.594,
    "s": 55.191,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43917,
    "c": 0.13522,
    "h": 25.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.07567
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E2A29

secondary

#5CB6B7

accent

#DDDF49

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBEA

border

#D1C6C6

text

#130705

muted

#827A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E2A29

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

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