#8E2D1E#8E2D1E

#8E2D1E is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.077; OKLCH L 44.1% C 0.134 H 31.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E2D1E
RGB	rgb(142, 45, 30)
HSL	hsl(8, 65%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(8, 79%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.3%, 78.9%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.40, 40.18, 31.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.40, 51.24, 38.36°)
OKLab	oklab(44.12% 0.1144 0.0701)
OKLCH	oklch(44.12% 0.134 31.5)
XYZ	xyz(12.3294, 7.7231, 2.0695)
Luminance	0.0772 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E2D1E #1E7F8E

analogous

#8E1E47 #8E2D1E #8E651E

triadic

#8E2D1E #1E8E2D #2D1E8E

tetradic

#8E2D1E #478E1E #1E7F8E #651E8E

square

#8E2D1E #478E1E #1E7F8E #651E8E

split-complementary

#8E2D1E #1E8E65 #1E478E

monochromatic

#290D09 #5B1D13 #8E2D1E #C13D29 #D9604D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.25

#8E2D1E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.54

#8E2D1E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E2D1E

8.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E2D1E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E2D1E	1.00	8.25	2.54	8.25
#FFFFFF	8.25	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.25	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#49411C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#61561A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D102A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e2d1e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 45, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.1% 0.134 31.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b76b5b',
    500: '#8e2d1e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e2d1e;
$custom-light: #b76b5b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e2d1e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.036,
    "s": 65.116,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4412,
    "c": 0.13415,
    "h": 31.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.07721
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E2D1E

secondary

#4CADBC

accent

#D2E840

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8ECE9

border

#D1C7C5

text

#130704

muted

#827A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E2D1E

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

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