#8E2214#8E2214

#8E2214 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 42.8% C 0.146 H 30.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E2214
RGB	rgb(142, 34, 20)
HSL	hsl(7, 75%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(7, 86%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.1%, 85.9%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.69, 44.27, 35.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.69, 56.82, 38.81°)
OKLab	oklab(42.81% 0.1252 0.0749)
OKLCH	oklch(42.81% 0.146 30.9)
XYZ	xyz(11.8551, 6.9472, 1.3784)
Luminance	0.0694 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E2214 #14808E

analogous

#8E1443 #8E2214 #8E5F14

triadic

#8E2214 #148E22 #22148E

tetradic

#8E2214 #438E14 #14808E #5F148E

square

#8E2214 #438E14 #14808E #5F148E

split-complementary

#8E2214 #148E5F #14438E

monochromatic

#230805 #58150C #8E2214 #C42F1C #E34D39

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.79

#8E2214 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.39

#8E2214 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E2214

8.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E2214	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E2214	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)

#433B11

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E530E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D0020

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e2214;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 34, 20);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.8% 0.146 30.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b86653',
    500: '#8e2214',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e2214;
$custom-light: #b86653;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e2214",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 20
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.885,
    "s": 75.309,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42807,
    "c": 0.14588,
    "h": 30.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.06945
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E2214

secondary

#3CB2C2

accent

#DCF236

background

#FCF6F4

surface

#F8EBE7

border

#D1C6C3

text

#130602

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E2214

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

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