#8E2F2F#8E2F2F

#8E2F2F is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.080; OKLCH L 44.6% C 0.129 H 24.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E2F2F
RGB	rgb(142, 47, 47)
HSL	hsl(0, 50%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(0, 67%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.9%, 66.9%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.96, 40.16, 22.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.96, 45.88, 28.90°)
OKLab	oklab(44.62% 0.118 0.0524)
OKLCH	oklch(44.62% 0.129 24)
XYZ	xyz(12.6862, 7.9908, 3.5631)
Luminance	0.0799 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E2F2F #2F8E8E

analogous

#8E2F5F #8E2F2F #8E5F2F

triadic

#8E2F2F #2F8E2F #2F2F8E

tetradic

#8E2F2F #5F8E2F #2F8E8E #5F2F8E

square

#8E2F2F #5F8E2F #2F8E8E #5F2F8E

split-complementary

#8E2F2F #2F8E5F #2F5F8E

monochromatic

#321111 #602020 #8E2F2F #BC3E3E #CE6A6A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.08

#8E2F2F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.60

#8E2F2F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E2F2F

8.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E2F2F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E2F2F	1.00	8.08	2.60	8.08
#FFFFFF	8.08	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.60	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.08	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#48432E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#60572C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C1930

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e2f2f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 47, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.6% 0.129 24.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b56d67',
    500: '#8e2f2f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e2f2f;
$custom-light: #b56d67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e2f2f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 47,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 50.265,
    "l": 37.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44619,
    "c": 0.12908,
    "h": 24
  },
  "luminance": 0.07989
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E2F2F

secondary

#64B5B5

accent

#DADA4E

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F7ECEB

border

#D0C7C6

text

#120706

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E2F2F

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

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