#8E2D2B#8E2D2B

#8E2D2B is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.078; OKLCH L 44.3% C 0.132 H 25.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E2D2B
RGB	rgb(142, 45, 43)
HSL	hsl(1, 54%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(1, 70%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.3%, 69.7%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.57, 40.81, 24.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.57, 47.44, 30.66°)
OKLab	oklab(44.3% 0.1192 0.0564)
OKLCH	oklch(44.3% 0.132 25.3)
XYZ	xyz(12.5311, 7.8038, 3.1315)
Luminance	0.0780 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E2D2B #2B8C8E

analogous

#8E2B5B #8E2D2B #8E5F2B

triadic

#8E2D2B #2B8E2D #2D2B8E

tetradic

#8E2D2B #5B8E2B #2B8C8E #5F2B8E

square

#8E2D2B #5B8E2B #2B8C8E #5F2B8E

split-complementary

#8E2D2B #2B8E5F #2B5B8E

monochromatic

#300F0F #5F1E1D #8E2D2B #BD3C39 #D06663

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.20

#8E2D2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.56

#8E2D2B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E2D2B

8.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E2D2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E2D2B	1.00	8.20	2.56	8.20
#FFFFFF	8.20	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.20	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#47422A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#605728

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C142D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e2d2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 45, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.3% 0.132 25.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b66c64',
    500: '#8e2d2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e2d2b;
$custom-light: #b66c64;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e2d2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.212,
    "s": 53.514,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44303,
    "c": 0.1318,
    "h": 25.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.07802
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E2D2B

secondary

#5FB4B6

accent

#DADD4B

background

#FCF6F6

surface

#F8ECEB

border

#D1C7C6

text

#120705

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E2D2B

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

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