#8E2F26#8E2F26

#8E2F26 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.079; OKLCH L 44.5% C 0.131 H 28.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E2F26
RGB	rgb(142, 47, 38)
HSL	hsl(5, 58%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(5, 73%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.9%, 73.2%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.83, 39.65, 27.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.83, 48.29, 34.80°)
OKLab	oklab(44.47% 0.1144 0.0629)
OKLCH	oklch(44.47% 0.131 28.8)
XYZ	xyz(12.5230, 7.9255, 2.7037)
Luminance	0.0792 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E2F26 #26858E

analogous

#8E2651 #8E2F26 #8E6326

triadic

#8E2F26 #268E2F #2F268E

tetradic

#8E2F26 #518E26 #26858E #63268E

square

#8E2F26 #518E26 #26858E #63268E

split-complementary

#8E2F26 #268E63 #26518E

monochromatic

#2D0F0C #5E1F19 #8E2F26 #BE3F33 #D3665B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.12

#8E2F26 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.58

#8E2F26 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E2F26

8.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E2F26	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E2F26	1.00	8.12	2.58	8.12
#FFFFFF	8.12	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.12	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#494224

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#615723

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C162E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e2f26;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 47, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.5% 0.131 28.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b66d61',
    500: '#8e2f26',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e2f26;
$custom-light: #b66d61;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e2f26",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 47,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.192,
    "s": 57.778,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44472,
    "c": 0.13055,
    "h": 28.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.07924
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E2F26

secondary

#58B0B8

accent

#D4E147

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8ECE9

border

#D1C7C5

text

#120705

muted

#817A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E2F26

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

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