#8E2B29#8E2B29

#8E2B29 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.076; OKLCH L 44.0% C 0.134 H 25.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E2B29
RGB	rgb(142, 43, 41)
HSL	hsl(1, 55%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(1, 71%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.7%, 71.1%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.22, 41.57, 25.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.22, 48.51, 31.04°)
OKLab	oklab(44.03% 0.1211 0.0578)
OKLCH	oklch(44.03% 0.134 25.5)
XYZ	xyz(12.4208, 7.6404, 2.9181)
Luminance	0.0764 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E2B29 #298C8E

analogous

#8E2959 #8E2B29 #8E5D29

triadic

#8E2B29 #298E2B #2B298E

tetradic

#8E2B29 #598E29 #298C8E #5D298E

square

#8E2B29 #598E29 #298C8E #5D298E

split-complementary

#8E2B29 #298E5D #29598E

monochromatic

#2F0E0E #5F1D1B #8E2B29 #BD3937 #D16260

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.31

#8E2B29 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.53

#8E2B29 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E2B29

8.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E2B29	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E2B29	1.00	8.31	2.53	8.31
#FFFFFF	8.31	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.31	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#464128

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F5626

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C0E2C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e2b29;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 43, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.0% 0.134 25.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b66b63',
    500: '#8e2b29',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e2b29;
$custom-light: #b66b63;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e2b29",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.188,
    "s": 55.191,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44033,
    "c": 0.13419,
    "h": 25.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.07639
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E2B29

secondary

#5CB5B7

accent

#DCDF49

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBEA

border

#D1C6C6

text

#120705

muted

#817A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E2B29

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

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