#8E2F23#8E2F23

#8E2F23 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.079; OKLCH L 44.4% C 0.131 H 30.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E2F23
RGB	rgb(142, 47, 35)
HSL	hsl(7, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(7, 75%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.9%, 75.4%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.79, 39.51, 29.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.79, 49.19, 36.57°)
OKLab	oklab(44.43% 0.1133 0.066)
OKLCH	oklch(44.43% 0.131 30.2)
XYZ	xyz(12.4766, 7.9070, 2.4590)
Luminance	0.0790 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E2F23 #23828E

analogous

#8E234D #8E2F23 #8E6523

triadic

#8E2F23 #238E2F #2F238E

tetradic

#8E2F23 #4D8E23 #23828E #65238E

square

#8E2F23 #4D8E23 #23828E #65238E

split-complementary

#8E2F23 #238E65 #234D8E

monochromatic

#2C0E0B #5D1F17 #8E2F23 #BF3F2F #D56456

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.14

#8E2F23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.58

#8E2F23 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E2F23

8.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E2F23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E2F23	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)

#4A4221

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#615720

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C152D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e2f23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 47, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.4% 0.131 30.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b66d5e',
    500: '#8e2f23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e2f23;
$custom-light: #b66d5e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e2f23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 47,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.729,
    "s": 60.452,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44431,
    "c": 0.13114,
    "h": 30.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.07905
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E2F23

secondary

#53AEB9

accent

#D2E444

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8ECE9

border

#D1C7C5

text

#130704

muted

#827A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E2F23

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

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