#8E2B1E#8E2B1E

#8E2B1E is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.076; OKLCH L 43.9% C 0.136 H 30.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E2B1E
RGB	rgb(142, 43, 30)
HSL	hsl(7, 65%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(7, 79%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.7%, 78.9%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.08, 41.05, 31.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.08, 51.72, 37.47°)
OKLab	oklab(43.88% 0.1171 0.0694)
OKLCH	oklch(43.88% 0.136 30.6)
XYZ	xyz(12.2549, 7.5741, 2.0447)
Luminance	0.0757 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E2B1E #1E818E

analogous

#8E1E49 #8E2B1E #8E631E

triadic

#8E2B1E #1E8E2B #2B1E8E

tetradic

#8E2B1E #498E1E #1E818E #631E8E

square

#8E2B1E #498E1E #1E818E #631E8E

split-complementary

#8E2B1E #1E8E63 #1E498E

monochromatic

#290C09 #5B1C13 #8E2B1E #C13A29 #D95D4D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.35

#8E2B1E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.51

#8E2B1E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E2B1E

8.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E2B1E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E2B1E	1.00	8.35	2.51	8.35
#FFFFFF	8.35	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.35	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#48401C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#60561A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D0B29

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e2b1e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 43, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.9% 0.136 30.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b76a5b',
    500: '#8e2b1e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e2b1e;
$custom-light: #b76a5b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e2b1e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.964,
    "s": 65.116,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4388,
    "c": 0.13608,
    "h": 30.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.07572
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E2B1E

secondary

#4CAFBC

accent

#D5E840

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130704

muted

#827A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E2B1E

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

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