#8E2E1D#8E2E1D

#8E2E1D is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.078; OKLCH L 44.2% C 0.133 H 32.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E2E1D
RGB	rgb(142, 46, 29)
HSL	hsl(9, 66%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(9, 80%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.6%, 79.6%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.55, 39.70, 32.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.55, 51.32, 39.33°)
OKLab	oklab(44.23% 0.1127 0.0714)
OKLCH	oklch(44.23% 0.133 32.4)
XYZ	xyz(12.3555, 7.7953, 2.0162)
Luminance	0.0779 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E2E1D #1D7D8E

analogous

#8E1D44 #8E2E1D #8E661D

triadic

#8E2E1D #1D8E2E #2E1D8E

tetradic

#8E2E1D #448E1D #1D7D8E #661D8E

square

#8E2E1D #448E1D #1D7D8E #661D8E

split-complementary

#8E2E1D #1D8E66 #1D448E

monochromatic

#280D08 #5B1E13 #8E2E1D #C13E27 #DA614B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.21

#8E2E1D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.56

#8E2E1D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E2E1D

8.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E2E1D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E2E1D	1.00	8.21	2.56	8.21
#FFFFFF	8.21	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.21	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#49421A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#615719

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D122B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e2e1d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 46, 29);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.2% 0.133 32.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b76c5a',
    500: '#8e2e1d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e2e1d;
$custom-light: #b76c5a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e2e1d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 29
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.027,
    "s": 66.082,
    "l": 33.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44232,
    "c": 0.13338,
    "h": 32.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.07793
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E2E1D

secondary

#4AABBD

accent

#CFE93F

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8ECE9

border

#D1C7C5

text

#130704

muted

#827A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E2E1D

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

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