#8E2B20#8E2B20

#8E2B20 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.076; OKLCH L 43.9% C 0.136 H 29.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E2B20
RGB	rgb(142, 43, 32)
HSL	hsl(6, 63%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(6, 77%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.7%, 77.5%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.10, 41.13, 30.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.10, 51.10, 36.40°)
OKLab	oklab(43.9% 0.1178 0.0675)
OKLCH	oklch(43.9% 0.136 29.8)
XYZ	xyz(12.2813, 7.5846, 2.1835)
Luminance	0.0758 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E2B20 #20838E

analogous

#8E204C #8E2B20 #8E6220

triadic

#8E2B20 #208E2B #2B208E

tetradic

#8E2B20 #4C8E20 #20838E #62208E

square

#8E2B20 #4C8E20 #20838E #62208E

split-complementary

#8E2B20 #208E62 #204C8E

monochromatic

#2A0D09 #5C1C15 #8E2B20 #C03A2B #D85E51

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.34

#8E2B20 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.52

#8E2B20 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E2B20

8.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E2B20	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E2B20	1.00	8.34	2.52	8.34
#FFFFFF	8.34	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.34	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#47401E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#60561C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D0B29

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e2b20;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 43, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.9% 0.136 29.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b76a5c',
    500: '#8e2b20',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e2b20;
$custom-light: #b76a5c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e2b20",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6,
    "s": 63.218,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43904,
    "c": 0.13571,
    "h": 29.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.07583
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E2B20

secondary

#4FB0BB

accent

#D6E642

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130704

muted

#827A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E2B20

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

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