#8E2C1E#8E2C1E

#8E2C1E is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.076; OKLCH L 44.0% C 0.135 H 31.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E2C1E
RGB	rgb(142, 44, 30)
HSL	hsl(8, 65%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(8, 79%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69%, 78.9%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.24, 40.62, 31.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.24, 51.48, 37.91°)
OKLab	oklab(44% 0.1157 0.0697)
OKLCH	oklch(44% 0.135 31.1)
XYZ	xyz(12.2917, 7.6477, 2.0570)
Luminance	0.0765 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E2C1E #1E808E

analogous

#8E1E48 #8E2C1E #8E641E

triadic

#8E2C1E #1E8E2C #2C1E8E

tetradic

#8E2C1E #488E1E #1E808E #641E8E

square

#8E2C1E #488E1E #1E808E #641E8E

split-complementary

#8E2C1E #1E8E64 #1E488E

monochromatic

#290D09 #5B1C13 #8E2C1E #C13C29 #D95F4D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.30

#8E2C1E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.53

#8E2C1E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E2C1E

8.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E2C1E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E2C1E	1.00	8.30	2.53	8.30
#FFFFFF	8.30	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.30	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#48411C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#60561A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D0D29

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e2c1e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 44, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.0% 0.135 31.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b76b5b',
    500: '#8e2c1e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e2c1e;
$custom-light: #b76b5b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e2c1e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.5,
    "s": 65.116,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43999,
    "c": 0.13512,
    "h": 31.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.07646
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E2C1E

secondary

#4CAEBC

accent

#D3E840

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130704

muted

#827A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E2C1E

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

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