#8E2A2F#8E2A2F

#8E2A2F is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.076; OKLCH L 44.0% C 0.135 H 21.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E2A2F
RGB	rgb(142, 42, 47)
HSL	hsl(357, 54%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(357, 70%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.4%, 66.9%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.17, 42.34, 21.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.17, 47.34, 26.57°)
OKLab	oklab(44.02% 0.1248 0.0502)
OKLCH	oklch(44.02% 0.135 21.9)
XYZ	xyz(12.4977, 7.6137, 3.5003)
Luminance	0.0761 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E2A2F #2A8E89

analogous

#8E2A61 #8E2A2F #8E572A

triadic

#8E2A2F #2F8E2A #2A2F8E

tetradic

#8E2A2F #618E2A #2A8E89 #572A8E

square

#8E2A2F #618E2A #2A8E89 #572A8E

split-complementary

#8E2A2F #2A8E57 #2A618E

monochromatic

#300E10 #5F1C1F #8E2A2F #BD383F #D16267

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.33

#8E2A2F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.52

#8E2A2F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E2A2F

8.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E2A2F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E2A2F	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)

#45402E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E562C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C0E2D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e2a2f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 42, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.0% 0.135 21.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b66a67',
    500: '#8e2a2f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e2a2f;
$custom-light: #b66a67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e2a2f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357,
    "s": 54.348,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44021,
    "c": 0.13453,
    "h": 21.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.07612
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E2A2F

secondary

#5DB6B2

accent

#DED64A

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F7EBEB

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120706

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E2A2F

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

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