#8E2C22#8E2C22

#8E2C22 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.077; OKLCH L 44.0% C 0.134 H 29.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E2C22
RGB	rgb(142, 44, 34)
HSL	hsl(6, 61%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(6, 76%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69%, 76.1%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.28, 40.79, 29.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.28, 50.24, 35.73°)
OKLab	oklab(44.05% 0.1171 0.0658)
OKLCH	oklch(44.05% 0.134 29.3)
XYZ	xyz(12.3461, 7.6695, 2.3433)
Luminance	0.0767 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E2C22 #22848E

analogous

#8E224E #8E2C22 #8E6222

triadic

#8E2C22 #228E2C #2C228E

tetradic

#8E2C22 #4E8E22 #22848E #62228E

square

#8E2C22 #4E8E22 #22848E #62228E

split-complementary

#8E2C22 #228E62 #224E8E

monochromatic

#2B0D0A #5D1D16 #8E2C22 #BF3B2E #D66054

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.29

#8E2C22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.53

#8E2C22 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E2C22

8.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E2C22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E2C22	1.00	8.29	2.53	8.29
#FFFFFF	8.29	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.29	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#484120

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#60561F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D0F2A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e2c22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 44, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.0% 0.134 29.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b66b5e',
    500: '#8e2c22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e2c22;
$custom-light: #b66b5e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e2c22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.556,
    "s": 61.364,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44049,
    "c": 0.13435,
    "h": 29.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.07668
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E2C22

secondary

#52B0BA

accent

#D6E443

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130704

muted

#827A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E2C22

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

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