#8E2D22#8E2D22

#8E2D22 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.077; OKLCH L 44.2% C 0.133 H 29.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E2D22
RGB	rgb(142, 45, 34)
HSL	hsl(6, 61%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(6, 76%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.3%, 76.1%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.45, 40.35, 29.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.45, 50.00, 36.19°)
OKLab	oklab(44.17% 0.1158 0.0662)
OKLCH	oklch(44.17% 0.133 29.8)
XYZ	xyz(12.3838, 7.7449, 2.3559)
Luminance	0.0774 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E2D22 #22838E

analogous

#8E224D #8E2D22 #8E6322

triadic

#8E2D22 #228E2D #2D228E

tetradic

#8E2D22 #4D8E22 #22838E #63228E

square

#8E2D22 #4D8E22 #22838E #63228E

split-complementary

#8E2D22 #228E63 #224D8E

monochromatic

#2B0E0A #5D1D16 #8E2D22 #BF3D2E #D66254

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.24

#8E2D22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.55

#8E2D22 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E2D22

8.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E2D22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E2D22	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)

#484120

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#61561F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C112B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e2d22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 45, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.2% 0.133 29.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b66c5e',
    500: '#8e2d22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e2d22;
$custom-light: #b66c5e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e2d22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.111,
    "s": 61.364,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44169,
    "c": 0.13335,
    "h": 29.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.07743
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E2D22

secondary

#52AFBA

accent

#D4E443

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8ECE9

border

#D1C7C5

text

#130704

muted

#827A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E2D22

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

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