#8E2E1B#8E2E1B

#8E2E1B is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.078; OKLCH L 44.2% C 0.134 H 33.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#8E2E1B
RGBrgb(142, 46, 27)
HSLhsl(10, 68%, 33%)
HSVhsv(10, 81%, 56%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 67.6%, 81%, 44.3%)
CIE-LABlab(33.53, 39.62, 33.61)
CIE-LCHlch(33.53, 51.96, 40.31°)
OKLaboklab(44.21% 0.112 0.0731)
OKLCHoklch(44.21% 0.134 33.1)
XYZxyz(12.3315, 7.7857, 1.8902)
Luminance0.0778 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyred

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#8E2E1B #1B7B8E
analogous
#8E1B41 #8E2E1B #8E671B
triadic
#8E2E1B #1B8E2E #2E1B8E
tetradic
#8E2E1B #418E1B #1B7B8E #671B8E
square
#8E2E1B #418E1B #1B7B8E #671B8E
split-complementary
#8E2E1B #1B8E67 #1B418E
monochromatic
#270D07 #5B1D11 #8E2E1B #C13F25 #DC6047

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.21
#8E2E1B on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.56
#8E2E1B on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E2E1B
8.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##8E2E1B#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##8E2E1B1.008.212.568.21
#FFFFFF8.211.0021.001.00
#0000002.5621.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF8.211.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#4A4118
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#615717
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#9D122A
Achromatopsia (no color)
#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #8e2e1b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 46, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.2% 0.134 33.1);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b76c59',
    500: '#8e2e1b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #8e2e1b;
$custom-light: #b76c59;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#8e2e1b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.913,
    "s": 68.047,
    "l": 33.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4421,
    "c": 0.13379,
    "h": 33.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.07784
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#8E2E1B
secondary
#47AABE
accent
#CEEB3D
background
#FCF6F5
surface
#F8ECE9
border
#D1C7C5
text
#130703
muted
#827A78

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#8E2E1B Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva