#8E2F29#8E2F29

#8E2F29 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.079; OKLCH L 44.5% C 0.130 H 27.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E2F29
RGB	rgb(142, 47, 41)
HSL	hsl(4, 55%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(4, 71%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.9%, 71.1%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.87, 39.81, 25.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.87, 47.43, 32.93°)
OKLab	oklab(44.52% 0.1156 0.0595)
OKLCH	oklch(44.52% 0.13 27.3)
XYZ	xyz(12.5734, 7.9457, 2.9690)
Luminance	0.0794 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8E2F29 #29888E

analogous

#8E2955 #8E2F29 #8E6129

triadic

#8E2F29 #298E2F #2F298E

tetradic

#8E2F29 #558E29 #29888E #61298E

square

#8E2F29 #558E29 #29888E #61298E

split-complementary

#8E2F29 #298E61 #29558E

monochromatic

#2F100E #5F1F1B #8E2F29 #BD3F37 #D16760

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.11

#8E2F29 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.59

#8E2F29 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E2F29

8.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E2F29	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E2F29	1.00	8.11	2.59	8.11
#FFFFFF	8.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.59	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.11	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#494328

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#615726

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C172E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e2f29;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 47, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.5% 0.130 27.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b66d63',
    500: '#8e2f29',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e2f29;
$custom-light: #b66d63;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e2f29",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 47,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.564,
    "s": 55.191,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44518,
    "c": 0.12999,
    "h": 27.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.07944
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E2F29

secondary

#5CB1B7

accent

#D6DF49

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8ECEA

border

#D1C7C6

text

#120705

muted

#817A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E2F29

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

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