#8E302A#8E302A

#8E302A is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.080; OKLCH L 44.7% C 0.129 H 27.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E302A
RGB	rgb(142, 48, 42)
HSL	hsl(4, 54%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(4, 70%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.2%, 70.4%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.05, 39.41, 25.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.05, 46.88, 32.79°)
OKLab	oklab(44.66% 0.1145 0.0588)
OKLCH	oklch(44.66% 0.129 27.2)
XYZ	xyz(12.6315, 8.0336, 3.0755)
Luminance	0.0803 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E302A #2A888E

analogous

#8E2A56 #8E302A #8E622A

triadic

#8E302A #2A8E30 #302A8E

tetradic

#8E302A #568E2A #2A888E #622A8E

square

#8E302A #568E2A #2A888E #622A8E

split-complementary

#8E302A #2A8E62 #2A568E

monochromatic

#30100E #5F201C #8E302A #BD4038 #D16962

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.06

#8E302A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.61

#8E302A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E302A

8.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E302A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E302A	1.00	8.06	2.61	8.06
#FFFFFF	8.06	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.61	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.06	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4A4329

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#615827

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C192F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e302a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 48, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.7% 0.129 27.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b66d63',
    500: '#8e302a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e302a;
$custom-light: #b66d63;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e302a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 48,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.6,
    "s": 54.348,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4466,
    "c": 0.12876,
    "h": 27.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.08032
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E302A

secondary

#5DB1B6

accent

#D5DE4A

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8ECEA

border

#D1C7C6

text

#120705

muted

#817A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E302A

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

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