#8E2212#8E2212

#8E2212 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 42.8% C 0.146 H 31.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E2212
RGB	rgb(142, 34, 18)
HSL	hsl(8, 78%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(8, 87%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.1%, 87.3%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.67, 44.22, 36.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.67, 57.41, 39.62°)
OKLab	oklab(42.79% 0.1246 0.0764)
OKLCH	oklch(42.79% 0.146 31.5)
XYZ	xyz(11.8380, 6.9404, 1.2885)
Luminance	0.0694 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E2212 #127E8E

analogous

#8E1240 #8E2212 #8E6012

triadic

#8E2212 #128E22 #22128E

tetradic

#8E2212 #408E12 #127E8E #60128E

square

#8E2212 #408E12 #127E8E #60128E

split-complementary

#8E2212 #128E60 #12408E

monochromatic

#210804 #58150B #8E2212 #C42F19 #E54C35

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.79

#8E2212 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.39

#8E2212 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E2212

8.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E2212	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E2212	1.00	8.79	2.39	8.79
#FFFFFF	8.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#433B0E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E530B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D0020

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e2212;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 34, 18);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.8% 0.146 31.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b86652',
    500: '#8e2212',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e2212;
$custom-light: #b86652;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e2212",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 18
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.742,
    "s": 77.5,
    "l": 31.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42791,
    "c": 0.14617,
    "h": 31.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.06939
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E2212

secondary

#3AB1C2

accent

#DBF434

background

#FCF6F4

surface

#F8EBE7

border

#D1C6C3

text

#130602

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E2212

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

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