#8E2D28#8E2D28

#8E2D28 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.078; OKLCH L 44.3% C 0.132 H 26.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E2D28
RGB	rgb(142, 45, 40)
HSL	hsl(3, 56%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(3, 72%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.3%, 71.8%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.53, 40.65, 25.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.53, 48.25, 32.60°)
OKLab	oklab(44.26% 0.118 0.0598)
OKLCH	oklch(44.26% 0.132 26.9)
XYZ	xyz(12.4780, 7.7825, 2.8522)
Luminance	0.0778 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8E2D28 #28898E

analogous

#8E2856 #8E2D28 #8E6028

triadic

#8E2D28 #288E2D #2D288E

tetradic

#8E2D28 #568E28 #28898E #60288E

square

#8E2D28 #568E28 #28898E #60288E

split-complementary

#8E2D28 #288E60 #28568E

monochromatic

#2F0F0D #5E1E1B #8E2D28 #BE3C35 #D2645F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.22

#8E2D28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.56

#8E2D28 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E2D28

8.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E2D28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E2D28	1.00	8.22	2.56	8.22
#FFFFFF	8.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#484227

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#605725

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C132D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e2d28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 45, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.3% 0.132 26.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b66c62',
    500: '#8e2d28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e2d28;
$custom-light: #b66c62;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e2d28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.941,
    "s": 56.044,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44255,
    "c": 0.13227,
    "h": 26.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.07781
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E2D28

secondary

#5BB3B7

accent

#D8DF48

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8ECEA

border

#D1C7C6

text

#120705

muted

#817A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E2D28

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

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