#8E2A2B#8E2A2B

#8E2A2B is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.076; OKLCH L 44.0% C 0.135 H 24.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E2A2B
RGB	rgb(142, 42, 43)
HSL	hsl(359, 54%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(359, 70%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.4%, 69.7%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.10, 42.10, 23.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.10, 48.27, 29.29°)
OKLab	oklab(43.95% 0.1232 0.0551)
OKLCH	oklch(43.95% 0.135 24.1)
XYZ	xyz(12.4207, 7.5829, 3.0947)
Luminance	0.0758 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E2A2B #2A8E8D

analogous

#8E2A5D #8E2A2B #8E5B2A

triadic

#8E2A2B #2B8E2A #2A2B8E

tetradic

#8E2A2B #5D8E2A #2A8E8D #5B2A8E

square

#8E2A2B #5D8E2A #2A8E8D #5B2A8E

split-complementary

#8E2A2B #2A8E5B #2A5D8E

monochromatic

#300E0E #5F1C1D #8E2A2B #BD3839 #D16263

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.35

#8E2A2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.52

#8E2A2B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E2A2B

8.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E2A2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E2A2B	1.00	8.35	2.52	8.35
#FFFFFF	8.35	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.35	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#46402A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F5628

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C0D2B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e2a2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 42, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.0% 0.135 24.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b66a64',
    500: '#8e2a2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e2a2b;
$custom-light: #b66a64;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e2a2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.4,
    "s": 54.348,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4395,
    "c": 0.13496,
    "h": 24.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.07581
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E2A2B

secondary

#5DB6B6

accent

#DEDC4A

background

#FCF6F6

surface

#F8EBEB

border

#D1C6C6

text

#120705

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E2A2B

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

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