#8E2F28#8E2F28

#8E2F28 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.079; OKLCH L 44.5% C 0.130 H 27.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E2F28
RGB	rgb(142, 47, 40)
HSL	hsl(4, 56%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(4, 72%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.9%, 71.8%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.86, 39.76, 26.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.86, 47.71, 33.56°)
OKLab	oklab(44.5% 0.1152 0.0607)
OKLCH	oklch(44.5% 0.13 27.8)
XYZ	xyz(12.5562, 7.9388, 2.8782)
Luminance	0.0794 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8E2F28 #28878E

analogous

#8E2854 #8E2F28 #8E6228

triadic

#8E2F28 #288E2F #2F288E

tetradic

#8E2F28 #548E28 #28878E #62288E

square

#8E2F28 #548E28 #28878E #62288E

split-complementary

#8E2F28 #288E62 #28548E

monochromatic

#2F0F0D #5E1F1B #8E2F28 #BE3F35 #D2665F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.12

#8E2F28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.59

#8E2F28 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E2F28

8.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E2F28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E2F28	1.00	8.12	2.59	8.12
#FFFFFF	8.12	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.59	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.12	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#494327

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#615725

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C172E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e2f28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 47, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.5% 0.130 27.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b66d62',
    500: '#8e2f28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e2f28;
$custom-light: #b66d62;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e2f28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 47,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.118,
    "s": 56.044,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44502,
    "c": 0.13018,
    "h": 27.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.07937
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E2F28

secondary

#5BB1B7

accent

#D5DF48

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8ECEA

border

#D1C7C6

text

#120705

muted

#817A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E2F28

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