#8E2E2B#8E2E2B

#8E2E2B is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.079; OKLCH L 44.4% C 0.131 H 25.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E2E2B
RGB	rgb(142, 46, 43)
HSL	hsl(2, 54%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(2, 70%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.6%, 69.7%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.73, 40.37, 24.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.73, 47.17, 31.14°)
OKLab	oklab(44.43% 0.1178 0.0568)
OKLCH	oklch(44.43% 0.131 25.7)
XYZ	xyz(12.5697, 7.8810, 3.1443)
Luminance	0.0788 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E2E2B #2B8B8E

analogous

#8E2B5A #8E2E2B #8E602B

triadic

#8E2E2B #2B8E2E #2E2B8E

tetradic

#8E2E2B #5A8E2B #2B8B8E #602B8E

square

#8E2E2B #5A8E2B #2B8B8E #602B8E

split-complementary

#8E2E2B #2B8E60 #2B5A8E

monochromatic

#30100F #5F1F1D #8E2E2B #BD3D39 #D06763

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.15

#8E2E2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.58

#8E2E2B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E2E2B

8.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E2E2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E2E2B	1.00	8.15	2.58	8.15
#FFFFFF	8.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#48422A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#605728

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C162E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e2e2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 46, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.4% 0.131 25.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b66c64',
    500: '#8e2e2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e2e2b;
$custom-light: #b66c64;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e2e2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.818,
    "s": 53.514,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44425,
    "c": 0.13074,
    "h": 25.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.07879
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E2E2B

secondary

#5FB3B6

accent

#D8DD4B

background

#FCF6F6

surface

#F8ECEB

border

#D1C7C6

text

#120705

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E2E2B

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

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