#8E2D29#8E2D29

#8E2D29 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.078; OKLCH L 44.3% C 0.132 H 26.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E2D29
RGB	rgb(142, 45, 41)
HSL	hsl(2, 55%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(2, 71%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.3%, 71.1%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.54, 40.70, 25.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.54, 47.97, 31.96°)
OKLab	oklab(44.27% 0.1184 0.0587)
OKLCH	oklch(44.27% 0.132 26.4)
XYZ	xyz(12.4953, 7.7894, 2.9429)
Luminance	0.0779 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8E2D29 #298A8E

analogous

#8E2957 #8E2D29 #8E5F29

triadic

#8E2D29 #298E2D #2D298E

tetradic

#8E2D29 #578E29 #298A8E #5F298E

square

#8E2D29 #578E29 #298A8E #5F298E

split-complementary

#8E2D29 #298E5F #29578E

monochromatic

#2F0F0E #5F1E1B #8E2D29 #BD3C37 #D16560

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.21

#8E2D29 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.56

#8E2D29 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E2D29

8.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E2D29	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E2D29	1.00	8.21	2.56	8.21
#FFFFFF	8.21	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.21	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#484228

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#605726

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C132D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e2d29;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 45, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.3% 0.132 26.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b66c63',
    500: '#8e2d29',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e2d29;
$custom-light: #b66c63;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e2d29",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.376,
    "s": 55.191,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44271,
    "c": 0.1321,
    "h": 26.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.07788
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E2D29

secondary

#5CB3B7

accent

#D9DF49

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8ECEA

border

#D1C7C6

text

#120705

muted

#817A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E2D29

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

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