#8E2E28#8E2E28

#8E2E28 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.079; OKLCH L 44.4% C 0.131 H 27.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E2E28
RGB	rgb(142, 46, 40)
HSL	hsl(4, 56%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(4, 72%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.6%, 71.8%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.69, 40.20, 26.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.69, 47.98, 33.07°)
OKLab	oklab(44.38% 0.1166 0.0602)
OKLCH	oklch(44.38% 0.131 27.3)
XYZ	xyz(12.5167, 7.8598, 2.8651)
Luminance	0.0786 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8E2E28 #28888E

analogous

#8E2855 #8E2E28 #8E6128

triadic

#8E2E28 #288E2E #2E288E

tetradic

#8E2E28 #558E28 #28888E #61288E

square

#8E2E28 #558E28 #28888E #61288E

split-complementary

#8E2E28 #288E61 #28558E

monochromatic

#2F0F0D #5E1F1B #8E2E28 #BE3D35 #D2655F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.17

#8E2E28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.57

#8E2E28 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E2E28

8.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E2E28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E2E28	1.00	8.17	2.57	8.17
#FFFFFF	8.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#484227

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#605725

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C152D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e2e28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 46, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.4% 0.131 27.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b66c62',
    500: '#8e2e28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e2e28;
$custom-light: #b66c62;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e2e28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.529,
    "s": 56.044,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44378,
    "c": 0.13123,
    "h": 27.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.07858
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E2E28

secondary

#5BB2B7

accent

#D6DF48

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8ECEA

border

#D1C7C6

text

#120705

muted

#817A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E2E28

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