#8E2E2D#8E2E2D

#8E2E2D is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.079; OKLCH L 44.5% C 0.130 H 24.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E2E2D
RGB	rgb(142, 46, 45)
HSL	hsl(1, 52%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(1, 68%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.6%, 68.3%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.77, 40.49, 23.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.77, 46.66, 29.79°)
OKLab	oklab(44.46% 0.1186 0.0544)
OKLCH	oklch(44.46% 0.13 24.7)
XYZ	xyz(12.6073, 7.8960, 3.3423)
Luminance	0.0789 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E2E2D #2D8D8E

analogous

#8E2D5D #8E2E2D #8E5F2D

triadic

#8E2E2D #2D8E2E #2E2D8E

tetradic

#8E2E2D #5D8E2D #2D8D8E #5F2D8E

square

#8E2E2D #5D8E2D #2D8D8E #5F2D8E

split-complementary

#8E2E2D #2D8E5F #2D5D8E

monochromatic

#311010 #601F1E #8E2E2D #BC3D3C #CF6867

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.14

#8E2E2D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.58

#8E2E2D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E2E2D

8.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E2E2D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E2E2D	1.00	8.14	2.58	8.14
#FFFFFF	8.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#48422C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#60572A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C162F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e2e2d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 46, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.5% 0.130 24.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b66c66',
    500: '#8e2e2d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e2e2d;
$custom-light: #b66c66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e2e2d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.619,
    "s": 51.872,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44459,
    "c": 0.13044,
    "h": 24.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.07894
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E2E2D

secondary

#61B5B5

accent

#DADB4C

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F7ECEB

border

#D0C7C6

text

#120705

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E2E2D

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

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