#8E2B2A#8E2B2A

#8E2B2A is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.076; OKLCH L 44.0% C 0.134 H 25.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E2B2A
RGB	rgb(142, 43, 42)
HSL	hsl(1, 54%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(1, 70%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.7%, 70.4%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.24, 41.62, 24.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.24, 48.25, 30.39°)
OKLab	oklab(44.05% 0.1215 0.0567)
OKLCH	oklch(44.05% 0.134 25)
XYZ	xyz(12.4384, 7.6475, 3.0112)
Luminance	0.0765 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E2B2A #2A8D8E

analogous

#8E2A5B #8E2B2A #8E5D2A

triadic

#8E2B2A #2A8E2B #2B2A8E

tetradic

#8E2B2A #5B8E2A #2A8D8E #5D2A8E

square

#8E2B2A #5B8E2A #2A8D8E #5D2A8E

split-complementary

#8E2B2A #2A8E5D #2A5B8E

monochromatic

#300E0E #5F1D1C #8E2B2A #BD3938 #D16362

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.30

#8E2B2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.53

#8E2B2A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E2B2A

8.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E2B2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E2B2A	1.00	8.30	2.53	8.30
#FFFFFF	8.30	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.30	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#464129

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F5627

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C0F2C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e2b2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 43, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.0% 0.134 25.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b66b63',
    500: '#8e2b2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e2b2a;
$custom-light: #b66b63;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e2b2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.6,
    "s": 54.348,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44049,
    "c": 0.13405,
    "h": 25
  },
  "luminance": 0.07646
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E2B2A

secondary

#5DB6B6

accent

#DCDE4A

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBEA

border

#D1C6C6

text

#120705

muted

#817A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E2B2A

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

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