#8E2F20#8E2F20
#8E2F20 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.079; OKLCH L 44.4% C 0.132 H 31.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #8E2F20 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(142, 47, 32) |
| HSL | hsl(8, 63%, 34%) |
| HSV | hsv(8, 77%, 56%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 66.9%, 77.5%, 44.3%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(33.75, 39.37, 31.02) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(33.75, 50.12, 38.24°) |
| OKLab | oklab(44.39% 0.1123 0.069) |
| OKLCH | oklch(44.39% 0.132 31.6) |
| XYZ | xyz(12.4339, 7.8899, 2.2344) |
| Luminance | 0.0789 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | red |
Closest named colors
Red Brown
#8B2E16
ΔE00 2.79
Brownish Red
#9E3623
ΔE00 3.75
Brick
#A03623
ΔE00 4.12
Brick Red
#8F1402
ΔE00 5.23
Brown
#A52A2A
ΔE00 5.54
Carmine
#9D0216
ΔE00 5.63
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#8E2F20 #207F8E
analogous
#8E2048 #8E2F20 #8E6620
triadic
#8E2F20 #208E2F #2F208E
tetradic
#8E2F20 #488E20 #207F8E #66208E
square
#8E2F20 #488E20 #207F8E #66208E
split-complementary
#8E2F20 #208E66 #20488E
monochromatic
#2A0E09 #5C1E15 #8E2F20 #C0402B #D86351
Accessibility & contrast
On white
8.15
#8E2F20 on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
On black
2.58
#8E2F20 on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
Best text color
#FFFFFF on #8E2F20
8.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##8E2F20 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##FFFFFF |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##8E2F20 | 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)
#4A421E
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#61571D
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#9D152C
Achromatopsia (no color)
#4F4F4F
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #8e2f20; /* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 47, 32); /* oklch */ color: oklch(44.4% 0.132 31.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#b66d5c',
500: '#8e2f20',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #8e2f20; $custom-light: #b66d5c; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#8e2f20",
"rgb": {
"r": 142,
"g": 47,
"b": 32
},
"hsl": {
"h": 8.182,
"s": 63.218,
"l": 34.118
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.44392,
"c": 0.13176,
"h": 31.6
},
"luminance": 0.07888
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#8E2F20
secondary
#4FACBB
accent
#D0E642
background
#FCF6F5
surface
#F8ECE9
border
#D1C7C5
text
#130704
muted
#827A79