#8E2B1D#8E2B1D

#8E2B1D is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.076; OKLCH L 43.9% C 0.136 H 31.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E2B1D
RGB	rgb(142, 43, 29)
HSL	hsl(7, 66%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(7, 80%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.7%, 79.6%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.07, 41.01, 32.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.07, 52.03, 37.99°)
OKLab	oklab(43.87% 0.1168 0.0703)
OKLCH	oklch(43.87% 0.136 31)
XYZ	xyz(12.2424, 7.5691, 1.9785)
Luminance	0.0757 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E2B1D #1D808E

analogous

#8E1D47 #8E2B1D #8E631D

triadic

#8E2B1D #1D8E2B #2B1D8E

tetradic

#8E2B1D #478E1D #1D808E #631D8E

square

#8E2B1D #478E1D #1D808E #631D8E

split-complementary

#8E2B1D #1D8E63 #1D478E

monochromatic

#280C08 #5B1C13 #8E2B1D #C13A27 #DA5D4B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.36

#8E2B1D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.51

#8E2B1D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E2B1D

8.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E2B1D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E2B1D	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)

#48401B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#605619

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D0A29

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e2b1d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 43, 29);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.9% 0.136 31.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b76a5a',
    500: '#8e2b1d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e2b1d;
$custom-light: #b76a5a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e2b1d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 29
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.434,
    "s": 66.082,
    "l": 33.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43868,
    "c": 0.13627,
    "h": 31
  },
  "luminance": 0.07567
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E2B1D

secondary

#4AAEBD

accent

#D4E93F

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130704

muted

#827A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E2B1D

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

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