#8E2C1B#8E2C1B

#8E2C1B is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.076; OKLCH L 44.0% C 0.136 H 32.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E2C1B
RGB	rgb(142, 44, 27)
HSL	hsl(9, 68%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(9, 81%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69%, 81%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.21, 40.50, 33.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.21, 52.42, 39.42°)
OKLab	oklab(43.97% 0.1148 0.0724)
OKLCH	oklch(43.97% 0.136 32.3)
XYZ	xyz(12.2552, 7.6331, 1.8647)
Luminance	0.0763 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E2C1B #1B7D8E

analogous

#8E1B43 #8E2C1B #8E651B

triadic

#8E2C1B #1B8E2C #2C1B8E

tetradic

#8E2C1B #438E1B #1B7D8E #651B8E

square

#8E2C1B #438E1B #1B7D8E #651B8E

split-complementary

#8E2C1B #1B8E65 #1B438E

monochromatic

#270C07 #5B1C11 #8E2C1B #C13C25 #DC5D47

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.31

#8E2C1B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.53

#8E2C1B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E2C1B

8.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E2C1B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E2C1B	1.00	8.31	2.53	8.31
#FFFFFF	8.31	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.31	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#484018

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#615617

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D0D29

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e2c1b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 44, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.0% 0.136 32.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b76b59',
    500: '#8e2c1b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e2c1b;
$custom-light: #b76b59;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e2c1b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.87,
    "s": 68.047,
    "l": 33.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43965,
    "c": 0.13571,
    "h": 32.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.07631
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E2C1B

secondary

#47ACBE

accent

#D1EB3D

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130703

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E2C1B

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

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