#8E2E23#8E2E23

#8E2E23 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.078; OKLCH L 44.3% C 0.132 H 29.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E2E23
RGB	rgb(142, 46, 35)
HSL	hsl(6, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(6, 75%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.6%, 75.4%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.62, 39.95, 29.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.62, 49.44, 36.09°)
OKLab	oklab(44.31% 0.1147 0.0656)
OKLCH	oklch(44.31% 0.132 29.8)
XYZ	xyz(12.4371, 7.8279, 2.4458)
Luminance	0.0783 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E2E23 #23838E

analogous

#8E234E #8E2E23 #8E6323

triadic

#8E2E23 #238E2E #2E238E

tetradic

#8E2E23 #4E8E23 #23838E #63238E

square

#8E2E23 #4E8E23 #23838E #63238E

split-complementary

#8E2E23 #238E63 #234E8E

monochromatic

#2C0E0B #5D1E17 #8E2E23 #BF3E2F #D56356

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.19

#8E2E23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.57

#8E2E23 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E2E23

8.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E2E23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E2E23	1.00	8.19	2.57	8.19
#FFFFFF	8.19	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.19	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#494221

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#615720

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C132C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e2e23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 46, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.3% 0.132 29.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b66c5e',
    500: '#8e2e23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e2e23;
$custom-light: #b66c5e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e2e23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.168,
    "s": 60.452,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44306,
    "c": 0.13216,
    "h": 29.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.07826
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E2E23

secondary

#53AFB9

accent

#D3E444

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8ECE9

border

#D1C7C5

text

#130704

muted

#827A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E2E23

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

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