#8E2F2B#8E2F2B

#8E2F2B is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.080; OKLCH L 44.5% C 0.130 H 26.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E2F2B
RGB	rgb(142, 47, 43)
HSL	hsl(2, 54%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(2, 70%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.9%, 69.7%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.90, 39.92, 24.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.90, 46.89, 31.63°)
OKLab	oklab(44.55% 0.1164 0.0572)
OKLCH	oklch(44.55% 0.13 26.2)
XYZ	xyz(12.6092, 7.9600, 3.1575)
Luminance	0.0796 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E2F2B #2B8A8E

analogous

#8E2B59 #8E2F2B #8E612B

triadic

#8E2F2B #2B8E2F #2F2B8E

tetradic

#8E2F2B #598E2B #2B8A8E #612B8E

square

#8E2F2B #598E2B #2B8A8E #612B8E

split-complementary

#8E2F2B #2B8E61 #2B598E

monochromatic

#30100F #5F1F1D #8E2F2B #BD3F39 #D06863

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.10

#8E2F2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.59

#8E2F2B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E2F2B

8.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E2F2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E2F2B	1.00	8.10	2.59	8.10
#FFFFFF	8.10	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.59	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.10	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#49432A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#615728

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C172F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e2f2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 47, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.5% 0.130 26.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b66d64',
    500: '#8e2f2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e2f2b;
$custom-light: #b66d64;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e2f2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 47,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.424,
    "s": 53.514,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4455,
    "c": 0.12966,
    "h": 26.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.07958
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E2F2B

secondary

#5FB3B6

accent

#D7DD4B

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F7ECEB

border

#D0C7C6

text

#120705

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E2F2B

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

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