#8E2C2A#8E2C2A

#8E2C2A is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.077; OKLCH L 44.2% C 0.133 H 25.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E2C2A
RGB	rgb(142, 44, 42)
HSL	hsl(1, 54%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(1, 70%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69%, 70.4%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.40, 41.19, 24.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.40, 47.98, 30.85°)
OKLab	oklab(44.17% 0.1201 0.0571)
OKLCH	oklch(44.17% 0.133 25.4)
XYZ	xyz(12.4752, 7.7211, 3.0235)
Luminance	0.0772 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E2C2A #2A8C8E

analogous

#8E2A5A #8E2C2A #8E5E2A

triadic

#8E2C2A #2A8E2C #2C2A8E

tetradic

#8E2C2A #5A8E2A #2A8C8E #5E2A8E

square

#8E2C2A #5A8E2A #2A8C8E #5E2A8E

split-complementary

#8E2C2A #2A8E5E #2A5A8E

monochromatic

#300F0E #5F1D1C #8E2C2A #BD3B38 #D16462

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.26

#8E2C2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.54

#8E2C2A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E2C2A

8.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E2C2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E2C2A	1.00	8.26	2.54	8.26
#FFFFFF	8.26	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.26	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#474129

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#605627

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C112D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e2c2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 44, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.2% 0.133 25.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b66b63',
    500: '#8e2c2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e2c2a;
$custom-light: #b66b63;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e2c2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.2,
    "s": 54.348,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44167,
    "c": 0.13301,
    "h": 25.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.07719
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E2C2A

secondary

#5DB5B6

accent

#DBDE4A

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8ECEA

border

#D1C7C6

text

#120705

muted

#817A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E2C2A

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

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