#8E2C2F#8E2C2F

#8E2C2F is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.078; OKLCH L 44.3% C 0.132 H 22.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E2C2F
RGB	rgb(142, 44, 47)
HSL	hsl(358, 53%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(358, 69%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69%, 66.9%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.48, 41.49, 21.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.48, 46.76, 27.47°)
OKLab	oklab(44.25% 0.1221 0.0511)
OKLCH	oklch(44.25% 0.132 22.7)
XYZ	xyz(12.5704, 7.7592, 3.5245)
Luminance	0.0776 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E2C2F #2C8E8B

analogous

#8E2C60 #8E2C2F #8E5A2C

triadic

#8E2C2F #2F8E2C #2C2F8E

tetradic

#8E2C2F #608E2C #2C8E8B #5A2C8E

square

#8E2C2F #608E2C #2C8E8B #5A2C8E

split-complementary

#8E2C2F #2C8E5A #2C608E

monochromatic

#310F10 #5F1E20 #8E2C2F #BD3A3E #CF6568

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.23

#8E2C2F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.55

#8E2C2F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E2C2F

8.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E2C2F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E2C2F	1.00	8.23	2.55	8.23
#FFFFFF	8.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#46412E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F562C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C132E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e2c2f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 44, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.3% 0.132 22.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b56b67',
    500: '#8e2c2f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e2c2f;
$custom-light: #b56b67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e2c2f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.163,
    "s": 52.688,
    "l": 36.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44254,
    "c": 0.13238,
    "h": 22.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.07757
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E2C2F

secondary

#60B6B3

accent

#DCD84C

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F7ECEB

border

#D0C7C6

text

#120706

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E2C2F

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

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