#8E2B2E#8E2B2E

#8E2B2E is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.077; OKLCH L 44.1% C 0.134 H 22.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E2B2E
RGB	rgb(142, 43, 46)
HSL	hsl(358, 54%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(358, 70%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.7%, 67.6%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.30, 41.85, 21.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.30, 47.27, 27.71°)
OKLab	oklab(44.12% 0.1231 0.0519)
OKLCH	oklch(44.12% 0.134 22.9)
XYZ	xyz(12.5136, 7.6776, 3.4072)
Luminance	0.0768 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E2B2E #2B8E8B

analogous

#8E2B60 #8E2B2E #8E5A2B

triadic

#8E2B2E #2E8E2B #2B2E8E

tetradic

#8E2B2E #608E2B #2B8E8B #5A2B8E

square

#8E2B2E #608E2B #2B8E8B #5A2B8E

split-complementary

#8E2B2E #2B8E5A #2B608E

monochromatic

#300F10 #5F1D1F #8E2B2E #BD393D #D06367

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.28

#8E2B2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.54

#8E2B2E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E2B2E

8.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E2B2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E2B2E	1.00	8.28	2.54	8.28
#FFFFFF	8.28	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.28	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#46412D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F562B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C102D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e2b2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 43, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.1% 0.134 22.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b66b66',
    500: '#8e2b2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e2b2e;
$custom-light: #b66b66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e2b2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.182,
    "s": 53.514,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44118,
    "c": 0.13356,
    "h": 22.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.07676
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E2B2E

secondary

#5FB6B3

accent

#DDD84B

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F7EBEB

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120706

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E2B2E

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

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