#8E2F2A#8E2F2A

#8E2F2A is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.080; OKLCH L 44.5% C 0.130 H 26.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E2F2A
RGB	rgb(142, 47, 42)
HSL	hsl(3, 54%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(3, 70%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.9%, 70.4%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.88, 39.87, 25.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.88, 47.16, 32.28°)
OKLab	oklab(44.53% 0.116 0.0584)
OKLCH	oklch(44.53% 0.13 26.7)
XYZ	xyz(12.5911, 7.9528, 3.0621)
Luminance	0.0795 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E2F2A #2A898E

analogous

#8E2A57 #8E2F2A #8E612A

triadic

#8E2F2A #2A8E2F #2F2A8E

tetradic

#8E2F2A #578E2A #2A898E #612A8E

square

#8E2F2A #578E2A #2A898E #612A8E

split-complementary

#8E2F2A #2A8E61 #2A578E

monochromatic

#30100E #5F1F1C #8E2F2A #BD3F38 #D16762

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.11

#8E2F2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.59

#8E2F2A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E2F2A

8.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E2F2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E2F2A	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)

#494329

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#615727

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C172F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e2f2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 47, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.5% 0.130 26.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b66d63',
    500: '#8e2f2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e2f2a;
$custom-light: #b66d63;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e2f2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 47,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3,
    "s": 54.348,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44533,
    "c": 0.12982,
    "h": 26.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.07951
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E2F2A

secondary

#5DB2B6

accent

#D6DE4A

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8ECEA

border

#D1C7C6

text

#120705

muted

#817A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E2F2A

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

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