#8E2E29#8E2E29

#8E2E29 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.079; OKLCH L 44.4% C 0.131 H 26.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E2E29
RGB	rgb(142, 46, 41)
HSL	hsl(3, 55%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(3, 71%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.6%, 71.1%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.70, 40.26, 25.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.70, 47.70, 32.44°)
OKLab	oklab(44.39% 0.117 0.0591)
OKLCH	oklch(44.39% 0.131 26.8)
XYZ	xyz(12.5339, 7.8667, 2.9558)
Luminance	0.0786 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8E2E29 #29898E

analogous

#8E2956 #8E2E29 #8E6029

triadic

#8E2E29 #298E2E #2E298E

tetradic

#8E2E29 #568E29 #29898E #60298E

square

#8E2E29 #568E29 #29898E #60298E

split-complementary

#8E2E29 #298E60 #29568E

monochromatic

#2F0F0E #5F1F1B #8E2E29 #BD3D37 #D16660

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.16

#8E2E29 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.57

#8E2E29 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E2E29

8.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E2E29	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E2E29	1.00	8.16	2.57	8.16
#FFFFFF	8.16	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.16	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#484228

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#605726

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C152E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e2e29;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 46, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.4% 0.131 26.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b66c63',
    500: '#8e2e29',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e2e29;
$custom-light: #b66c63;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e2e29",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.97,
    "s": 55.191,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44393,
    "c": 0.13105,
    "h": 26.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.07865
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E2E29

secondary

#5CB2B7

accent

#D7DF49

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8ECEA

border

#D1C7C6

text

#120705

muted

#817A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E2E29

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