#8E2E1A#8E2E1A

#8E2E1A is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.078; OKLCH L 44.2% C 0.134 H 33.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E2E1A
RGB	rgb(142, 46, 26)
HSL	hsl(10, 69%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(10, 82%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.6%, 81.7%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.52, 39.58, 34.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.52, 52.28, 40.79°)
OKLab	oklab(44.2% 0.1117 0.074)
OKLCH	oklch(44.2% 0.134 33.5)
XYZ	xyz(12.3202, 7.7812, 1.8303)
Luminance	0.0778 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E2E1A #1A7A8E

analogous

#8E1A40 #8E2E1A #8E681A

triadic

#8E2E1A #1A8E2E #2E1A8E

tetradic

#8E2E1A #408E1A #1A7A8E #681A8E

square

#8E2E1A #408E1A #1A7A8E #681A8E

split-complementary

#8E2E1A #1A8E68 #1A408E

monochromatic

#270C07 #5A1D11 #8E2E1A #C23F23 #DD6045

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.22

#8E2E1A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.56

#8E2E1A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E2E1A

8.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E2E1A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E2E1A	1.00	8.22	2.56	8.22
#FFFFFF	8.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4A4117

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#615716

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D112A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e2e1a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 46, 26);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.2% 0.134 33.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b76c58',
    500: '#8e2e1a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e2e1a;
$custom-light: #b76c58;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e2e1a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 26
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.345,
    "s": 69.048,
    "l": 32.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.442,
    "c": 0.134,
    "h": 33.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.07779
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E2E1A

secondary

#45AABE

accent

#CEEC3C

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8ECE9

border

#D1C7C5

text

#130703

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E2E1A

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

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