#8E2A2E#8E2A2E

#8E2A2E is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.076; OKLCH L 44.0% C 0.135 H 22.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E2A2E
RGB	rgb(142, 42, 46)
HSL	hsl(358, 54%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(358, 70%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.4%, 67.6%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.15, 42.27, 21.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.15, 47.56, 27.27°)
OKLab	oklab(44% 0.1244 0.0514)
OKLCH	oklch(44% 0.135 22.5)
XYZ	xyz(12.4777, 7.6058, 3.3953)
Luminance	0.0760 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E2A2E #2A8E8A

analogous

#8E2A60 #8E2A2E #8E582A

triadic

#8E2A2E #2E8E2A #2A2E8E

tetradic

#8E2A2E #608E2A #2A8E8A #582A8E

square

#8E2A2E #608E2A #2A8E8A #582A8E

split-complementary

#8E2A2E #2A8E58 #2A608E

monochromatic

#300E0F #5F1C1F #8E2A2E #BD383D #D16266

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.33

#8E2A2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.52

#8E2A2E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E2A2E

8.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E2A2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E2A2E	1.00	8.33	2.52	8.33
#FFFFFF	8.33	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.33	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#45402D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E562B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C0E2C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e2a2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 42, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.0% 0.135 22.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b66a66',
    500: '#8e2a2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e2a2e;
$custom-light: #b66a66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e2a2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.6,
    "s": 54.348,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44003,
    "c": 0.13463,
    "h": 22.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.07604
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E2A2E

secondary

#5DB6B3

accent

#DED84A

background

#FCF6F6

surface

#F8EBEB

border

#D1C6C6

text

#120706

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E2A2E

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

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