#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
RGBrgb(142, 46, 35)
HSLhsl(6, 60%, 35%)
HSVhsv(6, 75%, 56%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 67.6%, 75.4%, 44.3%)
CIE-LABlab(33.62, 39.95, 29.12)
CIE-LCHlch(33.62, 49.44, 36.09°)
OKLaboklab(44.31% 0.1147 0.0656)
OKLCHoklch(44.31% 0.132 29.8)
XYZxyz(12.4371, 7.8279, 2.4458)
Luminance0.0783 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyred

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

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
##8E2E231.008.192.578.19
#FFFFFF8.191.0021.001.00
#0000002.5721.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF8.191.0021.001.00

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

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#8E2E23 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva