#8E2D21#8E2D21

#8E2D21 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.077; OKLCH L 44.2% C 0.134 H 30.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#8E2D21
RGBrgb(142, 45, 33)
HSLhsl(7, 62%, 34%)
HSVhsv(7, 77%, 56%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 68.3%, 76.8%, 44.3%)
CIE-LABlab(33.43, 40.31, 30.10)
CIE-LCHlch(33.43, 50.30, 36.75°)
OKLaboklab(44.16% 0.1154 0.0672)
OKLCHoklch(44.16% 0.134 30.2)
XYZxyz(12.3696, 7.7392, 2.2810)
Luminance0.0774 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyred

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#8E2D21 #21828E
analogous
#8E214B #8E2D21 #8E6421
triadic
#8E2D21 #218E2D #2D218E
tetradic
#8E2D21 #4B8E21 #21828E #64218E
square
#8E2D21 #4B8E21 #21828E #64218E
split-complementary
#8E2D21 #218E64 #214B8E
monochromatic
#2B0E0A #5C1D15 #8E2D21 #C03D2D #D76152

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.24
#8E2D21 on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.55
#8E2D21 on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E2D21
8.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##8E2D21#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##8E2D211.008.242.558.24
#FFFFFF8.241.0021.001.00
#0000002.5521.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF8.241.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#48411F
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#61561E
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#9D112B
Achromatopsia (no color)
#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #8e2d21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 45, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.2% 0.134 30.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b66c5d',
    500: '#8e2d21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #8e2d21;
$custom-light: #b66c5d;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#8e2d21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.606,
    "s": 62.286,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44157,
    "c": 0.13355,
    "h": 30.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.07737
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#8E2D21
secondary
#50AFBA
accent
#D3E542
background
#FCF6F5
surface
#F8ECE9
border
#D1C7C5
text
#130704
muted
#827A79

Preview Lab

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#8E2D21 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva