#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
RGBrgb(142, 34, 20)
HSLhsl(7, 75%, 32%)
HSVhsv(7, 86%, 56%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 76.1%, 85.9%, 44.3%)
CIE-LABlab(31.69, 44.27, 35.61)
CIE-LCHlch(31.69, 56.82, 38.81°)
OKLaboklab(42.81% 0.1252 0.0749)
OKLCHoklch(42.81% 0.146 30.9)
XYZxyz(11.8551, 6.9472, 1.3784)
Luminance0.0694 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyred

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

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
##8E22141.008.792.398.79
#FFFFFF8.791.0021.001.00
#0000002.3921.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF8.791.0021.001.00

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

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#8E2214 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva