#8E2A2A#8E2A2A

#8E2A2A is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.076; OKLCH L 43.9% C 0.135 H 24.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E2A2A
RGB	rgb(142, 42, 42)
HSL	hsl(0, 54%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(0, 70%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.4%, 70.4%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.08, 42.04, 24.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.08, 48.52, 29.95°)
OKLab	oklab(43.93% 0.1228 0.0563)
OKLCH	oklch(43.93% 0.135 24.6)
XYZ	xyz(12.4025, 7.5757, 2.9992)
Luminance	0.0757 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E2A2A #2A8E8E

analogous

#8E2A5C #8E2A2A #8E5C2A

triadic

#8E2A2A #2A8E2A #2A2A8E

tetradic

#8E2A2A #5C8E2A #2A8E8E #5C2A8E

square

#8E2A2A #5C8E2A #2A8E8E #5C2A8E

split-complementary

#8E2A2A #2A8E5C #2A5C8E

monochromatic

#300E0E #5F1C1C #8E2A2A #BD3838 #D16262

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.35

#8E2A2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.51

#8E2A2A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E2A2A

8.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E2A2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E2A2A	1.00	8.35	2.51	8.35
#FFFFFF	8.35	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.35	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#464029

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F5627

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C0C2B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e2a2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 42, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.9% 0.135 24.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b66a63',
    500: '#8e2a2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e2a2a;
$custom-light: #b66a63;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e2a2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 54.348,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43933,
    "c": 0.1351,
    "h": 24.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.07574
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E2A2A

secondary

#5DB6B6

accent

#DEDE4A

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBEA

border

#D1C6C6

text

#120705

muted

#817A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E2A2A

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

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