#8E2C1A#8E2C1A

#8E2C1A is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.076; OKLCH L 44.0% C 0.136 H 32.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E2C1A
RGB	rgb(142, 44, 26)
HSL	hsl(9, 69%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(9, 82%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69%, 81.7%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.20, 40.46, 33.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.20, 52.74, 39.90°)
OKLab	oklab(43.96% 0.1145 0.0733)
OKLCH	oklch(43.96% 0.136 32.6)
XYZ	xyz(12.2439, 7.6286, 1.8048)
Luminance	0.0763 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E2C1A #1A7C8E

analogous

#8E1A42 #8E2C1A #8E661A

triadic

#8E2C1A #1A8E2C #2C1A8E

tetradic

#8E2C1A #428E1A #1A7C8E #661A8E

square

#8E2C1A #428E1A #1A7C8E #661A8E

split-complementary

#8E2C1A #1A8E66 #1A428E

monochromatic

#270C07 #5A1C11 #8E2C1A #C23C23 #DD5D45

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.32

#8E2C1A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.53

#8E2C1A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E2C1A

8.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E2C1A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E2C1A	1.00	8.32	2.53	8.32
#FFFFFF	8.32	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.32	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#484017

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#615616

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D0C29

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e2c1a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 44, 26);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.0% 0.136 32.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b76b58',
    500: '#8e2c1a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e2c1a;
$custom-light: #b76b58;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e2c1a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 26
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.31,
    "s": 69.048,
    "l": 32.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43955,
    "c": 0.1359,
    "h": 32.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.07627
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E2C1A

secondary

#45ACBE

accent

#D1EC3C

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130703

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E2C1A

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

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