#8E2C1C#8E2C1C

#8E2C1C is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.076; OKLCH L 44.0% C 0.136 H 31.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E2C1C
RGB	rgb(142, 44, 28)
HSL	hsl(8, 67%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(8, 80%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69%, 80.3%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.22, 40.54, 32.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.22, 52.11, 38.93°)
OKLab	oklab(43.98% 0.1151 0.0715)
OKLCH	oklch(43.98% 0.136 31.9)
XYZ	xyz(12.2670, 7.6378, 1.9267)
Luminance	0.0764 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E2C1C #1C7E8E

analogous

#8E1C45 #8E2C1C #8E651C

triadic

#8E2C1C #1C8E2C #2C1C8E

tetradic

#8E2C1C #458E1C #1C7E8E #651C8E

square

#8E2C1C #458E1C #1C7E8E #651C8E

split-complementary

#8E2C1C #1C8E65 #1C458E

monochromatic

#280C08 #5B1C12 #8E2C1C #C13C26 #DB5E49

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.31

#8E2C1C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.53

#8E2C1C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E2C1C

8.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E2C1C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E2C1C	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)

#484019

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#615618

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D0D29

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e2c1c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 44, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.0% 0.136 31.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b76b59',
    500: '#8e2c1c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e2c1c;
$custom-light: #b76b59;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e2c1c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.421,
    "s": 67.059,
    "l": 33.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43976,
    "c": 0.13551,
    "h": 31.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.07636
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E2C1C

secondary

#49ADBD

accent

#D2EA3E

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130703

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E2C1C

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

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