#8E2E2A#8E2E2A

#8E2E2A is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.079; OKLCH L 44.4% C 0.131 H 26.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E2E2A
RGB	rgb(142, 46, 42)
HSL	hsl(2, 54%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(2, 70%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.6%, 70.4%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.72, 40.31, 24.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.72, 47.43, 31.79°)
OKLab	oklab(44.41% 0.1174 0.058)
OKLCH	oklch(44.41% 0.131 26.3)
XYZ	xyz(12.5516, 7.8737, 3.0489)
Luminance	0.0787 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E2E2A #2A8A8E

analogous

#8E2A58 #8E2E2A #8E602A

triadic

#8E2E2A #2A8E2E #2E2A8E

tetradic

#8E2E2A #588E2A #2A8A8E #602A8E

square

#8E2E2A #588E2A #2A8A8E #602A8E

split-complementary

#8E2E2A #2A8E60 #2A588E

monochromatic

#300F0E #5F1F1C #8E2E2A #BD3D38 #D16662

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.16

#8E2E2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.57

#8E2E2A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E2E2A

8.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E2E2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E2E2A	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)

#484229

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#605727

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C152E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e2e2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 46, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.4% 0.131 26.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b66c63',
    500: '#8e2e2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e2e2a;
$custom-light: #b66c63;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e2e2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.4,
    "s": 54.348,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44409,
    "c": 0.13089,
    "h": 26.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.07872
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E2E2A

secondary

#5DB3B6

accent

#D8DE4A

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8ECEA

border

#D1C7C6

text

#120705

muted

#817A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E2E2A

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

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