#8E2E24#8E2E24

#8E2E24 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.078; OKLCH L 44.3% C 0.132 H 29.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E2E24
RGB	rgb(142, 46, 36)
HSL	hsl(6, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(6, 75%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.6%, 74.6%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.63, 40.00, 28.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.63, 49.14, 35.51°)
OKLab	oklab(44.32% 0.1151 0.0646)
OKLCH	oklch(44.32% 0.132 29.3)
XYZ	xyz(12.4521, 7.8339, 2.5251)
Luminance	0.0783 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8E2E24 #24848E

analogous

#8E244F #8E2E24 #8E6324

triadic

#8E2E24 #248E2E #2E248E

tetradic

#8E2E24 #4F8E24 #24848E #63248E

square

#8E2E24 #4F8E24 #24848E #63248E

split-complementary

#8E2E24 #248E63 #244F8E

monochromatic

#2C0E0B #5D1E18 #8E2E24 #BF3E30 #D56458

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.18

#8E2E24 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.57

#8E2E24 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E2E24

8.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E2E24	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E2E24	1.00	8.18	2.57	8.18
#FFFFFF	8.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#494222

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#615721

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C142C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e2e24;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 46, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.3% 0.132 29.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b66c5f',
    500: '#8e2e24',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e2e24;
$custom-light: #b66c5f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e2e24",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.66,
    "s": 59.551,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44319,
    "c": 0.13196,
    "h": 29.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.07832
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E2E24

secondary

#55B0B9

accent

#D4E345

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8ECE9

border

#D1C7C5

text

#130704

muted

#827A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E2E24

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

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