#8E2B1A#8E2B1A

#8E2B1A is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.076; OKLCH L 43.8% C 0.137 H 32.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E2B1A
RGB	rgb(142, 43, 26)
HSL	hsl(9, 69%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(9, 82%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.7%, 81.7%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.04, 40.90, 33.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.04, 52.97, 39.46°)
OKLab	oklab(43.84% 0.1158 0.0729)
OKLCH	oklch(43.84% 0.137 32.2)
XYZ	xyz(12.2071, 7.5549, 1.7926)
Luminance	0.0755 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E2B1A #1A7D8E

analogous

#8E1A43 #8E2B1A #8E651A

triadic

#8E2B1A #1A8E2B #2B1A8E

tetradic

#8E2B1A #438E1A #1A7D8E #651A8E

square

#8E2B1A #438E1A #1A7D8E #651A8E

split-complementary

#8E2B1A #1A8E65 #1A438E

monochromatic

#270C07 #5A1B11 #8E2B1A #C23B23 #DD5C45

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.36

#8E2B1A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.51

#8E2B1A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E2B1A

8.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E2B1A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E2B1A	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)

#484017

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#605616

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D0928

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e2b1a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 43, 26);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.8% 0.137 32.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b76a58',
    500: '#8e2b1a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e2b1a;
$custom-light: #b76a58;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e2b1a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 26
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.793,
    "s": 69.048,
    "l": 32.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43836,
    "c": 0.13685,
    "h": 32.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.07553
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E2B1A

secondary

#45ADBE

accent

#D2EC3C

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130703

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E2B1A

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

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