#8E2D2D#8E2D2D

#8E2D2D is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.078; OKLCH L 44.3% C 0.132 H 24.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E2D2D
RGB	rgb(142, 45, 45)
HSL	hsl(0, 52%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(0, 68%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.3%, 68.3%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.60, 40.93, 22.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.60, 46.94, 29.31°)
OKLab	oklab(44.34% 0.12 0.054)
OKLCH	oklch(44.34% 0.132 24.2)
XYZ	xyz(12.5687, 7.8188, 3.3295)
Luminance	0.0782 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E2D2D #2D8E8E

analogous

#8E2D5E #8E2D2D #8E5E2D

triadic

#8E2D2D #2D8E2D #2D2D8E

tetradic

#8E2D2D #5E8E2D #2D8E8E #5E2D8E

square

#8E2D2D #5E8E2D #2D8E8E #5E2D8E

split-complementary

#8E2D2D #2D8E5E #2D5E8E

monochromatic

#311010 #601E1E #8E2D2D #BC3C3C #CF6767

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.19

#8E2D2D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.56

#8E2D2D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E2D2D

8.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E2D2D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E2D2D	1.00	8.19	2.56	8.19
#FFFFFF	8.19	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.19	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#47422C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#60572A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C142E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e2d2d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 45, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.3% 0.132 24.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b66c66',
    500: '#8e2d2d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e2d2d;
$custom-light: #b66c66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e2d2d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 51.872,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44337,
    "c": 0.13153,
    "h": 24.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.07817
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E2D2D

secondary

#61B5B5

accent

#DBDB4C

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F7ECEB

border

#D0C7C6

text

#120705

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E2D2D

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

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