#8E2E20#8E2E20

#8E2E20 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.078; OKLCH L 44.3% C 0.133 H 31.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E2E20
RGB	rgb(142, 46, 32)
HSL	hsl(8, 63%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(8, 77%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.6%, 77.5%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.59, 39.82, 30.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.59, 50.37, 37.76°)
OKLab	oklab(44.27% 0.1137 0.0686)
OKLCH	oklch(44.27% 0.133 31.1)
XYZ	xyz(12.3944, 7.8109, 2.2212)
Luminance	0.0781 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E2E20 #20808E

analogous

#8E2049 #8E2E20 #8E6520

triadic

#8E2E20 #208E2E #2E208E

tetradic

#8E2E20 #498E20 #20808E #65208E

square

#8E2E20 #498E20 #20808E #65208E

split-complementary

#8E2E20 #208E65 #20498E

monochromatic

#2A0E09 #5C1E15 #8E2E20 #C03E2B #D86251

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.20

#8E2E20 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.56

#8E2E20 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E2E20

8.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E2E20	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E2E20	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)

#49421E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#61571D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D132B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e2e20;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 46, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.3% 0.133 31.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b66c5c',
    500: '#8e2e20',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e2e20;
$custom-light: #b66c5c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e2e20",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.636,
    "s": 63.218,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44267,
    "c": 0.13276,
    "h": 31.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.07809
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E2E20

secondary

#4FADBB

accent

#D1E642

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8ECE9

border

#D1C7C5

text

#130704

muted

#827A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E2E20

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

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