#8E2B2B#8E2B2B

#8E2B2B is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.077; OKLCH L 44.1% C 0.134 H 24.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E2B2B
RGB	rgb(142, 43, 43)
HSL	hsl(0, 54%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(0, 70%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.7%, 69.7%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.25, 41.68, 23.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.25, 48.00, 29.74°)
OKLab	oklab(44.07% 0.1219 0.0555)
OKLCH	oklch(44.07% 0.134 24.5)
XYZ	xyz(12.4566, 7.6548, 3.1066)
Luminance	0.0765 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E2B2B #2B8E8E

analogous

#8E2B5D #8E2B2B #8E5D2B

triadic

#8E2B2B #2B8E2B #2B2B8E

tetradic

#8E2B2B #5D8E2B #2B8E8E #5D2B8E

square

#8E2B2B #5D8E2B #2B8E8E #5D2B8E

split-complementary

#8E2B2B #2B8E5D #2B5D8E

monochromatic

#300F0F #5F1D1D #8E2B2B #BD3939 #D06363

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.30

#8E2B2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.53

#8E2B2B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E2B2B

8.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E2B2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E2B2B	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)

#46412A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F5628

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C0F2C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e2b2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 43, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.1% 0.134 24.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b66b64',
    500: '#8e2b2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e2b2b;
$custom-light: #b66b64;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e2b2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 53.514,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44066,
    "c": 0.13392,
    "h": 24.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.07653
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E2B2B

secondary

#5FB6B6

accent

#DDDD4B

background

#FCF6F6

surface

#F8EBEB

border

#D1C6C6

text

#120705

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E2B2B

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

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