#8E2215#8E2215

#8E2215 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 42.8% C 0.146 H 30.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E2215
RGB	rgb(142, 34, 21)
HSL	hsl(6, 74%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(6, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.1%, 85.2%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.69, 44.30, 35.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.69, 56.51, 38.38°)
OKLab	oklab(42.82% 0.1254 0.0742)
OKLCH	oklch(42.82% 0.146 30.6)
XYZ	xyz(11.8642, 6.9509, 1.4263)
Luminance	0.0695 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E2215 #15818E

analogous

#8E1545 #8E2215 #8E5F15

triadic

#8E2215 #158E22 #22158E

tetradic

#8E2215 #458E15 #15818E #5F158E

square

#8E2215 #458E15 #15818E #5F158E

split-complementary

#8E2215 #158E5F #15458E

monochromatic

#230805 #59150D #8E2215 #C32F1D #E24D3B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.79

#8E2215 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.39

#8E2215 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E2215

8.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E2215	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E2215	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)

#433B12

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E530F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D0020

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e2215;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 34, 21);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.8% 0.146 30.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b86654',
    500: '#8e2215',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e2215;
$custom-light: #b86654;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e2215",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 21
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.446,
    "s": 74.233,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42816,
    "c": 0.14573,
    "h": 30.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.06949
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E2215

secondary

#3DB3C2

accent

#DDF137

background

#FCF6F4

surface

#F8EBE7

border

#D1C6C3

text

#130603

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E2215

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

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