#8E2C20#8E2C20

#8E2C20 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.077; OKLCH L 44.0% C 0.135 H 30.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E2C20
RGB	rgb(142, 44, 32)
HSL	hsl(7, 63%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(7, 77%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69%, 77.5%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.26, 40.70, 30.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.26, 50.86, 36.84°)
OKLab	oklab(44.02% 0.1164 0.0678)
OKLCH	oklch(44.02% 0.135 30.2)
XYZ	xyz(12.3181, 7.6582, 2.1958)
Luminance	0.0766 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E2C20 #20828E

analogous

#8E204B #8E2C20 #8E6320

triadic

#8E2C20 #208E2C #2C208E

tetradic

#8E2C20 #4B8E20 #20828E #63208E

square

#8E2C20 #4B8E20 #20828E #63208E

split-complementary

#8E2C20 #208E63 #204B8E

monochromatic

#2A0D09 #5C1D15 #8E2C20 #C03B2B #D85F51

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.30

#8E2C20 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.53

#8E2C20 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E2C20

8.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E2C20	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E2C20	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)

#48411E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#60561C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D0E2A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e2c20;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 44, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.0% 0.135 30.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b76b5c',
    500: '#8e2c20',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e2c20;
$custom-light: #b76b5c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e2c20",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.545,
    "s": 63.218,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44023,
    "c": 0.13473,
    "h": 30.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.07656
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E2C20

secondary

#4FAFBB

accent

#D4E642

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130704

muted

#827A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E2C20

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

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