#8E2D1B#8E2D1B

#8E2D1B is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.077; OKLCH L 44.1% C 0.135 H 32.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E2D1B
RGB	rgb(142, 45, 27)
HSL	hsl(9, 68%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(9, 81%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.3%, 81%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.37, 40.06, 33.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.37, 52.19, 39.86°)
OKLab	oklab(44.09% 0.1134 0.0728)
OKLCH	oklch(44.09% 0.135 32.7)
XYZ	xyz(12.2929, 7.7085, 1.8773)
Luminance	0.0771 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E2D1B #1B7C8E

analogous

#8E1B43 #8E2D1B #8E661B

triadic

#8E2D1B #1B8E2D #2D1B8E

tetradic

#8E2D1B #438E1B #1B7C8E #661B8E

square

#8E2D1B #438E1B #1B7C8E #661B8E

split-complementary

#8E2D1B #1B8E66 #1B438E

monochromatic

#270C07 #5B1D11 #8E2D1B #C13D25 #DC5F47

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.26

#8E2D1B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.54

#8E2D1B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E2D1B

8.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E2D1B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E2D1B	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)

#494118

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#615617

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D0F2A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e2d1b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 45, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.1% 0.135 32.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b76b59',
    500: '#8e2d1b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e2d1b;
$custom-light: #b76b59;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e2d1b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.391,
    "s": 68.047,
    "l": 33.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44087,
    "c": 0.13475,
    "h": 32.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.07707
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E2D1B

secondary

#47ABBE

accent

#D0EB3D

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8ECE9

border

#D1C7C5

text

#130703

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E2D1B

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

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