#8E2E25#8E2E25

#8E2E25 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.078; OKLCH L 44.3% C 0.132 H 28.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E2E25
RGB	rgb(142, 46, 37)
HSL	hsl(5, 59%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(5, 74%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.6%, 73.9%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.65, 40.05, 27.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.65, 48.84, 34.92°)
OKLab	oklab(44.33% 0.1155 0.0635)
OKLCH	oklch(44.33% 0.132 28.8)
XYZ	xyz(12.4676, 7.8401, 2.6067)
Luminance	0.0784 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E2E25 #25858E

analogous

#8E2550 #8E2E25 #8E6325

triadic

#8E2E25 #258E2E #2E258E

tetradic

#8E2E25 #508E25 #25858E #63258E

square

#8E2E25 #508E25 #25858E #63258E

split-complementary

#8E2E25 #258E63 #25508E

monochromatic

#2D0F0C #5D1E18 #8E2E25 #BF3E32 #D4645A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.18

#8E2E25 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.57

#8E2E25 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E2E25

8.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E2E25	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E2E25	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)

#494223

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#615722

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C142D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e2e25;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 46, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.3% 0.132 28.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b66c60',
    500: '#8e2e25',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e2e25;
$custom-light: #b66c60;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e2e25",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.143,
    "s": 58.659,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44333,
    "c": 0.13177,
    "h": 28.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.07838
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E2E25

secondary

#56B0B9

accent

#D4E246

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8ECE9

border

#D1C7C5

text

#130705

muted

#827A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E2E25

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

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