#8E2D2E#8E2D2E

#8E2D2E is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.078; OKLCH L 44.4% C 0.131 H 23.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E2D2E
RGB	rgb(142, 45, 46)
HSL	hsl(359, 52%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(359, 68%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.3%, 67.6%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.62, 40.99, 22.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.62, 46.70, 28.63°)
OKLab	oklab(44.36% 0.1204 0.0528)
OKLCH	oklch(44.36% 0.131 23.7)
XYZ	xyz(12.5881, 7.8266, 3.4321)
Luminance	0.0783 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E2D2E #2D8E8D

analogous

#8E2D5F #8E2D2E #8E5D2D

triadic

#8E2D2E #2E8E2D #2D2E8E

tetradic

#8E2D2E #5F8E2D #2D8E8D #5D2D8E

square

#8E2D2E #5F8E2D #2D8E8D #5D2D8E

split-complementary

#8E2D2E #2D8E5D #2D5F8E

monochromatic

#311010 #601E1F #8E2D2E #BC3C3D #CF6768

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.19

#8E2D2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.57

#8E2D2E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E2D2E

8.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E2D2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E2D2E	1.00	8.19	2.57	8.19
#FFFFFF	8.19	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.19	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#47422D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#60572B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C152E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e2d2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 45, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.4% 0.131 23.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b56c66',
    500: '#8e2d2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e2d2e;
$custom-light: #b56c66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e2d2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.381,
    "s": 51.872,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44355,
    "c": 0.1314,
    "h": 23.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.07825
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E2D2E

secondary

#61B5B5

accent

#DBDA4C

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F7ECEB

border

#D0C7C6

text

#120706

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E2D2E

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

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