#8E2B2D#8E2B2D

#8E2B2D is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.077; OKLCH L 44.1% C 0.134 H 23.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E2B2D
RGB	rgb(142, 43, 45)
HSL	hsl(359, 54%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(359, 70%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.7%, 68.3%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.29, 41.79, 22.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.29, 47.51, 28.39°)
OKLab	oklab(44.1% 0.1227 0.0531)
OKLCH	oklch(44.1% 0.134 23.4)
XYZ	xyz(12.4942, 7.6698, 3.3046)
Luminance	0.0767 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E2B2D #2B8E8C

analogous

#8E2B5F #8E2B2D #8E5B2B

triadic

#8E2B2D #2D8E2B #2B2D8E

tetradic

#8E2B2D #5F8E2B #2B8E8C #5B2B8E

square

#8E2B2D #5F8E2B #2B8E8C #5B2B8E

split-complementary

#8E2B2D #2B8E5B #2B5F8E

monochromatic

#300F0F #5F1D1E #8E2B2D #BD393C #D06366

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.29

#8E2B2D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.53

#8E2B2D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E2B2D

8.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E2B2D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E2B2D	1.00	8.29	2.53	8.29
#FFFFFF	8.29	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.29	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#46412C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F562A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C102D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e2b2d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 43, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.1% 0.134 23.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b66b66',
    500: '#8e2b2d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e2b2d;
$custom-light: #b66b66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e2b2d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.788,
    "s": 53.514,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.441,
    "c": 0.13367,
    "h": 23.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.07668
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E2B2D

secondary

#5FB6B4

accent

#DDDA4B

background

#FCF6F6

surface

#F8EBEB

border

#D1C6C6

text

#120705

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E2B2D

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

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