#8E2D23#8E2D23

#8E2D23 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.077; OKLCH L 44.2% C 0.133 H 29.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E2D23
RGB	rgb(142, 45, 35)
HSL	hsl(6, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(6, 75%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.3%, 75.4%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.46, 40.40, 28.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.46, 49.69, 35.62°)
OKLab	oklab(44.18% 0.1161 0.0652)
OKLCH	oklch(44.18% 0.133 29.3)
XYZ	xyz(12.3984, 7.7507, 2.4330)
Luminance	0.0775 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E2D23 #23848E

analogous

#8E234F #8E2D23 #8E6223

triadic

#8E2D23 #238E2D #2D238E

tetradic

#8E2D23 #4F8E23 #23848E #62238E

square

#8E2D23 #4F8E23 #23848E #62238E

split-complementary

#8E2D23 #238E62 #234F8E

monochromatic

#2C0E0B #5D1D17 #8E2D23 #BF3D2F #D56256

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.24

#8E2D23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.55

#8E2D23 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E2D23

8.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E2D23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E2D23	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)

#484121

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#605720

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C112B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e2d23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 45, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.2% 0.133 29.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b66c5e',
    500: '#8e2d23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e2d23;
$custom-light: #b66c5e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e2d23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.607,
    "s": 60.452,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44183,
    "c": 0.13316,
    "h": 29.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.07749
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E2D23

secondary

#53B0B9

accent

#D5E444

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8ECE9

border

#D1C7C5

text

#130704

muted

#827A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E2D23

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

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