#8E2B1C#8E2B1C

#8E2B1C is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.076; OKLCH L 43.9% C 0.136 H 31.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E2B1C
RGB	rgb(142, 43, 28)
HSL	hsl(8, 67%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(8, 80%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.7%, 80.3%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.06, 40.97, 32.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.06, 52.34, 38.49°)
OKLab	oklab(43.86% 0.1164 0.0712)
OKLCH	oklch(43.86% 0.136 31.4)
XYZ	xyz(12.2302, 7.5642, 1.9144)
Luminance	0.0756 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E2B1C #1C7F8E

analogous

#8E1C46 #8E2B1C #8E641C

triadic

#8E2B1C #1C8E2B #2B1C8E

tetradic

#8E2B1C #468E1C #1C7F8E #641C8E

square

#8E2B1C #468E1C #1C7F8E #641C8E

split-complementary

#8E2B1C #1C8E64 #1C468E

monochromatic

#280C08 #5B1C12 #8E2B1C #C13A26 #DB5C49

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.36

#8E2B1C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.51

#8E2B1C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E2B1C

8.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E2B1C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E2B1C	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)

#484019

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#605618

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D0A28

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e2b1c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 43, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.9% 0.136 31.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b76a59',
    500: '#8e2b1c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e2b1c;
$custom-light: #b76a59;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e2b1c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.895,
    "s": 67.059,
    "l": 33.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43857,
    "c": 0.13647,
    "h": 31.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.07562
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E2B1C

secondary

#49AEBD

accent

#D3EA3E

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130703

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E2B1C

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

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