#8E2117#8E2117

#8E2117 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 42.7% C 0.146 H 29.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E2117
RGB	rgb(142, 33, 23)
HSL	hsl(5, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(5, 84%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.8%, 83.8%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.58, 44.72, 33.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.58, 56.12, 37.16°)
OKLab	oklab(42.74% 0.1271 0.0723)
OKLCH	oklch(42.74% 0.146 29.6)
XYZ	xyz(11.8553, 6.9022, 1.5185)
Luminance	0.0690 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8E2117 #17848E

analogous

#8E1749 #8E2117 #8E5D17

triadic

#8E2117 #178E21 #21178E

tetradic

#8E2117 #498E17 #17848E #5D178E

square

#8E2117 #498E17 #17848E #5D178E

split-complementary

#8E2117 #178E5D #17498E

monochromatic

#250906 #59150E #8E2117 #C32D20 #E04D3F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.82

#8E2117 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.38

#8E2117 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E2117

8.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E2117	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E2117	1.00	8.82	2.38	8.82
#FFFFFF	8.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#433B14

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D5311

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D0020

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e2117;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 33, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.7% 0.146 29.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b86655',
    500: '#8e2117',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e2117;
$custom-light: #b86655;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e2117",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.042,
    "s": 72.121,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42739,
    "c": 0.14627,
    "h": 29.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.069
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E2117

secondary

#40B6C0

accent

#E0EF39

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130603

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E2117

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

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