#8E2D2C#8E2D2C

#8E2D2C is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.078; OKLCH L 44.3% C 0.132 H 24.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E2D2C
RGB	rgb(142, 45, 44)
HSL	hsl(1, 53%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(1, 69%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.3%, 69%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.59, 40.87, 23.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.59, 47.19, 29.99°)
OKLab	oklab(44.32% 0.1196 0.0552)
OKLCH	oklch(44.32% 0.132 24.8)
XYZ	xyz(12.5496, 7.8112, 3.2293)
Luminance	0.0781 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E2D2C #2C8D8E

analogous

#8E2C5C #8E2D2C #8E5E2C

triadic

#8E2D2C #2C8E2D #2D2C8E

tetradic

#8E2D2C #5C8E2C #2C8D8E #5E2C8E

square

#8E2D2C #5C8E2C #2C8D8E #5E2C8E

split-complementary

#8E2D2C #2C8E5E #2C5C8E

monochromatic

#310F0F #5F1E1E #8E2D2C #BD3C3A #CF6665

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.20

#8E2D2C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.56

#8E2D2C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E2D2C

8.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E2D2C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E2D2C	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)

#47422B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#605729

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C142E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e2d2c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 45, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.3% 0.132 24.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b66c65',
    500: '#8e2d2c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e2d2c;
$custom-light: #b66c65;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e2d2c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.612,
    "s": 52.688,
    "l": 36.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4432,
    "c": 0.13167,
    "h": 24.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.07809
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E2D2C

secondary

#60B5B6

accent

#DBDC4C

background

#FCF6F6

surface

#F8ECEB

border

#D1C7C6

text

#120705

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E2D2C

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

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