#8E2E2F#8E2E2F

#8E2E2F is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.079; OKLCH L 44.5% C 0.130 H 23.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E2E2F
RGB	rgb(142, 46, 47)
HSL	hsl(359, 51%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(359, 68%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.6%, 66.9%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.80, 40.61, 21.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.80, 46.17, 28.41°)
OKLab	oklab(44.5% 0.1194 0.052)
OKLCH	oklch(44.5% 0.13 23.5)
XYZ	xyz(12.6467, 7.9118, 3.5500)
Luminance	0.0791 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8E2E2F #2E8E8D

analogous

#8E2E5F #8E2E2F #8E5D2E

triadic

#8E2E2F #2F8E2E #2E2F8E

tetradic

#8E2E2F #5F8E2E #2E8E8D #5D2E8E

square

#8E2E2F #5F8E2E #2E8E8D #5D2E8E

split-complementary

#8E2E2F #2E8E5D #2E5F8E

monochromatic

#321010 #601F20 #8E2E2F #BC3D3E #CE6869

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.13

#8E2E2F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.58

#8E2E2F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E2E2F

8.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E2E2F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E2E2F	1.00	8.13	2.58	8.13
#FFFFFF	8.13	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.13	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#48422E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#60572C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C172F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e2e2f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 46, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.5% 0.130 23.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b56c67',
    500: '#8e2e2f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e2e2f;
$custom-light: #b56c67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e2e2f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.375,
    "s": 51.064,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44495,
    "c": 0.13018,
    "h": 23.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.0791
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E2E2F

secondary

#63B5B4

accent

#DBD94D

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F7ECEB

border

#D0C7C6

text

#120706

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E2E2F

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

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