#8E2F25#8E2F25

#8E2F25 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.079; OKLCH L 44.5% C 0.131 H 29.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E2F25
RGB	rgb(142, 47, 37)
HSL	hsl(6, 59%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(6, 74%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.9%, 73.9%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.81, 39.60, 28.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.81, 48.59, 35.40°)
OKLab	oklab(44.46% 0.1141 0.0639)
OKLCH	oklch(44.46% 0.131 29.3)
XYZ	xyz(12.5071, 7.9192, 2.6199)
Luminance	0.0792 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E2F25 #25848E

analogous

#8E2550 #8E2F25 #8E6325

triadic

#8E2F25 #258E2F #2F258E

tetradic

#8E2F25 #508E25 #25848E #63258E

square

#8E2F25 #508E25 #25848E #63258E

split-complementary

#8E2F25 #258E63 #25508E

monochromatic

#2D0F0C #5D1F18 #8E2F25 #BF3F32 #D4655A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.13

#8E2F25 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.58

#8E2F25 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E2F25

8.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E2F25	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E2F25	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)

#494223

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#615722

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C162D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e2f25;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 47, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.5% 0.131 29.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b66d60',
    500: '#8e2f25',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e2f25;
$custom-light: #b66d60;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e2f25",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 47,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.714,
    "s": 58.659,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44458,
    "c": 0.13074,
    "h": 29.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.07917
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E2F25

secondary

#56AFB9

accent

#D3E246

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8ECE9

border

#D1C7C5

text

#130705

muted

#827A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E2F25

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