#8E2E1E#8E2E1E

#8E2E1E is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.078; OKLCH L 44.2% C 0.133 H 31.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E2E1E
RGB	rgb(142, 46, 30)
HSL	hsl(9, 65%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(9, 79%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.6%, 78.9%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.56, 39.74, 31.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.56, 51.00, 38.82°)
OKLab	oklab(44.24% 0.113 0.0705)
OKLCH	oklch(44.24% 0.133 31.9)
XYZ	xyz(12.3680, 7.8003, 2.0824)
Luminance	0.0780 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E2E1E #1E7E8E

analogous

#8E1E46 #8E2E1E #8E661E

triadic

#8E2E1E #1E8E2E #2E1E8E

tetradic

#8E2E1E #468E1E #1E7E8E #661E8E

square

#8E2E1E #468E1E #1E7E8E #661E8E

split-complementary

#8E2E1E #1E8E66 #1E468E

monochromatic

#290D09 #5B1E13 #8E2E1E #C13E29 #D9614D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.20

#8E2E1E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.56

#8E2E1E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E2E1E

8.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E2E1E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E2E1E	1.00	8.20	2.56	8.20
#FFFFFF	8.20	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.20	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#49421C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#61571A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D122B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e2e1e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 46, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.2% 0.133 31.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b76c5b',
    500: '#8e2e1e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e2e1e;
$custom-light: #b76c5b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e2e1e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.571,
    "s": 65.116,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44243,
    "c": 0.13317,
    "h": 31.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.07799
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E2E1E

secondary

#4CACBC

accent

#D0E840

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8ECE9

border

#D1C7C5

text

#130704

muted

#827A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E2E1E

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

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