#8E2C24#8E2C24

#8E2C24 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.077; OKLCH L 44.1% C 0.134 H 28.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E2C24
RGB	rgb(142, 44, 36)
HSL	hsl(5, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(5, 75%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69%, 74.6%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.31, 40.88, 28.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.31, 49.65, 34.57°)
OKLab	oklab(44.08% 0.1178 0.0638)
OKLCH	oklch(44.08% 0.134 28.4)
XYZ	xyz(12.3758, 7.6813, 2.4997)
Luminance	0.0768 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8E2C24 #24868E

analogous

#8E2451 #8E2C24 #8E6124

triadic

#8E2C24 #248E2C #2C248E

tetradic

#8E2C24 #518E24 #24868E #61248E

square

#8E2C24 #518E24 #24868E #61248E

split-complementary

#8E2C24 #248E61 #24518E

monochromatic

#2C0E0B #5D1D18 #8E2C24 #BF3B30 #D56158

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.28

#8E2C24 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.54

#8E2C24 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E2C24

8.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E2C24	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E2C24	1.00	8.28	2.54	8.28
#FFFFFF	8.28	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.28	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#484122

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#605621

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C0F2B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e2c24;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 44, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.1% 0.134 28.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b66b5f',
    500: '#8e2c24',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e2c24;
$custom-light: #b66b5f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e2c24",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.528,
    "s": 59.551,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44076,
    "c": 0.13398,
    "h": 28.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.0768
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E2C24

secondary

#55B1B9

accent

#D7E345

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130704

muted

#827A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E2C24

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

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