#8E2E22#8E2E22

#8E2E22 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.078; OKLCH L 44.3% C 0.132 H 30.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E2E22
RGB	rgb(142, 46, 34)
HSL	hsl(7, 61%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(7, 76%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.6%, 76.1%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.61, 39.91, 29.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.61, 49.75, 36.66°)
OKLab	oklab(44.29% 0.1144 0.0666)
OKLCH	oklch(44.29% 0.132 30.2)
XYZ	xyz(12.4224, 7.8221, 2.3688)
Luminance	0.0782 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E2E22 #22828E

analogous

#8E224C #8E2E22 #8E6422

triadic

#8E2E22 #228E2E #2E228E

tetradic

#8E2E22 #4C8E22 #22828E #64228E

square

#8E2E22 #4C8E22 #22828E #64228E

split-complementary

#8E2E22 #228E64 #224C8E

monochromatic

#2B0E0A #5D1E16 #8E2E22 #BF3E2E #D66354

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.19

#8E2E22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.56

#8E2E22 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E2E22

8.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E2E22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E2E22	1.00	8.19	2.56	8.19
#FFFFFF	8.19	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.19	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#494220

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#61571F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C132C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e2e22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 46, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.3% 0.132 30.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b66c5e',
    500: '#8e2e22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e2e22;
$custom-light: #b66c5e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e2e22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.667,
    "s": 61.364,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44292,
    "c": 0.13235,
    "h": 30.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.0782
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E2E22

secondary

#52AEBA

accent

#D3E443

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8ECE9

border

#D1C7C5

text

#130704

muted

#827A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E2E22

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

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