#8E2E2E#8E2E2E

#8E2E2E is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.079; OKLCH L 44.5% C 0.130 H 24.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E2E2E
RGB	rgb(142, 46, 46)
HSL	hsl(0, 51%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(0, 68%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.6%, 67.6%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.78, 40.55, 22.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.78, 46.41, 29.11°)
OKLab	oklab(44.48% 0.119 0.0532)
OKLCH	oklch(44.48% 0.13 24.1)
XYZ	xyz(12.6268, 7.9038, 3.4449)
Luminance	0.0790 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E2E2E #2E8E8E

analogous

#8E2E5E #8E2E2E #8E5E2E

triadic

#8E2E2E #2E8E2E #2E2E8E

tetradic

#8E2E2E #5E8E2E #2E8E8E #5E2E8E

square

#8E2E2E #5E8E2E #2E8E8E #5E2E8E

split-complementary

#8E2E2E #2E8E5E #2E5E8E

monochromatic

#321010 #601F1F #8E2E2E #BC3D3D #CE6868

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.14

#8E2E2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.58

#8E2E2E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E2E2E

8.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E2E2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E2E2E	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)

#48422D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#60572B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C162F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e2e2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 46, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.5% 0.130 24.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b56c66',
    500: '#8e2e2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e2e2e;
$custom-light: #b56c66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e2e2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 51.064,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44477,
    "c": 0.13031,
    "h": 24.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.07902
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E2E2E

secondary

#63B5B5

accent

#DBDB4D

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F7ECEB

border

#D0C7C6

text

#120706

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E2E2E

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

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