#8E2C2E#8E2C2E

#8E2C2E is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.077; OKLCH L 44.2% C 0.132 H 23.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E2C2E
RGB	rgb(142, 44, 46)
HSL	hsl(359, 53%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(359, 69%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69%, 67.6%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.46, 41.42, 22.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.46, 46.99, 28.16°)
OKLab	oklab(44.24% 0.1217 0.0523)
OKLCH	oklch(44.24% 0.132 23.3)
XYZ	xyz(12.5504, 7.7512, 3.4195)
Luminance	0.0775 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E2C2E #2C8E8C

analogous

#8E2C5F #8E2C2E #8E5B2C

triadic

#8E2C2E #2E8E2C #2C2E8E

tetradic

#8E2C2E #5F8E2C #2C8E8C #5B2C8E

square

#8E2C2E #5F8E2C #2C8E8C #5B2C8E

split-complementary

#8E2C2E #2C8E5B #2C5F8E

monochromatic

#310F10 #5F1E1F #8E2C2E #BD3A3D #CF6567

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.24

#8E2C2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.55

#8E2C2E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E2C2E

8.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E2C2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E2C2E	1.00	8.24	2.55	8.24
#FFFFFF	8.24	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.24	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#46412D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F562B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C122E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e2c2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 44, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.2% 0.132 23.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b66b66',
    500: '#8e2c2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e2c2e;
$custom-light: #b66b66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e2c2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.776,
    "s": 52.688,
    "l": 36.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44235,
    "c": 0.13248,
    "h": 23.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.07749
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E2C2E

secondary

#60B6B4

accent

#DCD94C

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F7ECEB

border

#D0C7C6

text

#120706

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E2C2E

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

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