#8E2D27#8E2D27

#8E2D27 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.078; OKLCH L 44.2% C 0.132 H 27.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E2D27
RGB	rgb(142, 45, 39)
HSL	hsl(3, 57%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(3, 73%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.3%, 72.5%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.51, 40.59, 26.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.51, 48.53, 33.22°)
OKLab	oklab(44.24% 0.1176 0.0609)
OKLCH	oklch(44.24% 0.132 27.4)
XYZ	xyz(12.4613, 7.7758, 2.7638)
Luminance	0.0777 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8E2D27 #27888E

analogous

#8E2754 #8E2D27 #8E6027

triadic

#8E2D27 #278E2D #2D278E

tetradic

#8E2D27 #548E27 #27888E #60278E

square

#8E2D27 #548E27 #27888E #60278E

split-complementary

#8E2D27 #278E60 #27548E

monochromatic

#2E0F0D #5E1E1A #8E2D27 #BE3C34 #D2645D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.22

#8E2D27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.55

#8E2D27 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E2D27

8.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E2D27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E2D27	1.00	8.22	2.55	8.22
#FFFFFF	8.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#484126

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#605724

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C122C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e2d27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 45, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.2% 0.132 27.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b66c61',
    500: '#8e2d27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e2d27;
$custom-light: #b66c61;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e2d27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.495,
    "s": 56.906,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4424,
    "c": 0.13244,
    "h": 27.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.07774
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E2D27

secondary

#59B2B8

accent

#D7E048

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8ECEA

border

#D1C7C6

text

#130705

muted

#827A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E2D27

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