#8E2D24#8E2D24

#8E2D24 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.078; OKLCH L 44.2% C 0.133 H 28.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E2D24
RGB	rgb(142, 45, 36)
HSL	hsl(5, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(5, 75%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.3%, 74.6%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.47, 40.44, 28.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.47, 49.40, 35.04°)
OKLab	oklab(44.2% 0.1165 0.0642)
OKLCH	oklch(44.2% 0.133 28.8)
XYZ	xyz(12.4135, 7.7567, 2.5123)
Luminance	0.0775 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E2D24 #24858E

analogous

#8E2450 #8E2D24 #8E6224

triadic

#8E2D24 #248E2D #2D248E

tetradic

#8E2D24 #508E24 #24858E #62248E

square

#8E2D24 #508E24 #24858E #62248E

split-complementary

#8E2D24 #248E62 #24508E

monochromatic

#2C0E0B #5D1E18 #8E2D24 #BF3C30 #D56258

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.23

#8E2D24 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.55

#8E2D24 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E2D24

8.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E2D24	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E2D24	1.00	8.23	2.55	8.23
#FFFFFF	8.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#484122

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#605721

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C112C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e2d24;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 45, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.2% 0.133 28.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b66c5f',
    500: '#8e2d24',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e2d24;
$custom-light: #b66c5f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e2d24",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.094,
    "s": 59.551,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44197,
    "c": 0.13298,
    "h": 28.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.07755
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E2D24

secondary

#55B0B9

accent

#D5E345

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8ECE9

border

#D1C7C5

text

#130704

muted

#827A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E2D24

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

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