#8E2213#8E2213

#8E2213 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 42.8% C 0.146 H 31.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E2213
RGB	rgb(142, 34, 19)
HSL	hsl(7, 76%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(7, 87%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.1%, 86.6%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.68, 44.25, 36.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.68, 57.11, 39.22°)
OKLab	oklab(42.8% 0.1249 0.0757)
OKLCH	oklch(42.8% 0.146 31.2)
XYZ	xyz(11.8463, 6.9437, 1.3325)
Luminance	0.0694 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E2213 #137F8E

analogous

#8E1342 #8E2213 #8E6013

triadic

#8E2213 #138E22 #22138E

tetradic

#8E2213 #428E13 #137F8E #60138E

square

#8E2213 #428E13 #137F8E #60138E

split-complementary

#8E2213 #138E60 #13428E

monochromatic

#220805 #58150C #8E2213 #C42F1A #E44C37

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.79

#8E2213 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.39

#8E2213 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E2213

8.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E2213	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E2213	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)

#433B10

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E530C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D0020

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e2213;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 34, 19);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.8% 0.146 31.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b86653',
    500: '#8e2213',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e2213;
$custom-light: #b86653;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e2213",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 19
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.317,
    "s": 76.398,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42799,
    "c": 0.14602,
    "h": 31.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.06942
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E2213

secondary

#3BB2C2

accent

#DCF335

background

#FCF6F4

surface

#F8EBE7

border

#D1C6C3

text

#130602

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E2213

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

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