#8E2B1B#8E2B1B

#8E2B1B is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.076; OKLCH L 43.8% C 0.137 H 31.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E2B1B
RGB	rgb(142, 43, 27)
HSL	hsl(8, 68%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(8, 81%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.7%, 81%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.05, 40.93, 33.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.05, 52.66, 38.98°)
OKLab	oklab(43.85% 0.1161 0.0721)
OKLCH	oklch(43.85% 0.137 31.8)
XYZ	xyz(12.2184, 7.5595, 1.8525)
Luminance	0.0756 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E2B1B #1B7E8E

analogous

#8E1B44 #8E2B1B #8E641B

triadic

#8E2B1B #1B8E2B #2B1B8E

tetradic

#8E2B1B #448E1B #1B7E8E #641B8E

square

#8E2B1B #448E1B #1B7E8E #641B8E

split-complementary

#8E2B1B #1B8E64 #1B448E

monochromatic

#270C07 #5B1B11 #8E2B1B #C13B25 #DC5C47

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.36

#8E2B1B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.51

#8E2B1B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E2B1B

8.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E2B1B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E2B1B	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)

#484018

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#605617

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D0A28

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e2b1b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 43, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.8% 0.137 31.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b76a59',
    500: '#8e2b1b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e2b1b;
$custom-light: #b76a59;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e2b1b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.348,
    "s": 68.047,
    "l": 33.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43846,
    "c": 0.13666,
    "h": 31.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.07558
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E2B1B

secondary

#47ADBE

accent

#D3EB3D

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130703

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E2B1B

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

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