#8E2B21#8E2B21

#8E2B21 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.076; OKLCH L 43.9% C 0.136 H 29.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E2B21
RGB	rgb(142, 43, 33)
HSL	hsl(6, 62%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(6, 77%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.7%, 76.8%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.11, 41.17, 29.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.11, 50.79, 35.85°)
OKLab	oklab(43.92% 0.1181 0.0665)
OKLCH	oklch(43.92% 0.136 29.4)
XYZ	xyz(12.2951, 7.5902, 2.2562)
Luminance	0.0759 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E2B21 #21848E

analogous

#8E214D #8E2B21 #8E6221

triadic

#8E2B21 #218E2B #2B218E

tetradic

#8E2B21 #4D8E21 #21848E #62218E

square

#8E2B21 #4D8E21 #21848E #62218E

split-complementary

#8E2B21 #218E62 #214D8E

monochromatic

#2B0D0A #5C1C15 #8E2B21 #C03A2D #D75F52

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.34

#8E2B21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.52

#8E2B21 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E2B21

8.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E2B21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E2B21	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)

#47401F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#60561D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D0C29

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e2b21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 43, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.9% 0.136 29.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b76b5d',
    500: '#8e2b21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e2b21;
$custom-light: #b76b5d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e2b21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.505,
    "s": 62.286,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43917,
    "c": 0.13552,
    "h": 29.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.07588
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E2B21

secondary

#50B1BA

accent

#D6E542

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130704

muted

#827A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E2B21

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

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