#8E2216#8E2216

#8E2216 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.070; OKLCH L 42.8% C 0.146 H 30.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E2216
RGB	rgb(142, 34, 22)
HSL	hsl(6, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(6, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.1%, 84.5%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.70, 44.33, 34.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.70, 56.21, 37.94°)
OKLab	oklab(42.83% 0.1257 0.0734)
OKLCH	oklch(42.83% 0.146 30.3)
XYZ	xyz(11.8736, 6.9546, 1.4761)
Luminance	0.0695 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E2216 #16828E

analogous

#8E1646 #8E2216 #8E5E16

triadic

#8E2216 #168E22 #22168E

tetradic

#8E2216 #468E16 #16828E #5E168E

square

#8E2216 #468E16 #16828E #5E168E

split-complementary

#8E2216 #168E5E #16468E

monochromatic

#240906 #59150E #8E2216 #C32F1E #E14E3D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.78

#8E2216 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.39

#8E2216 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E2216

8.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E2216	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E2216	1.00	8.78	2.39	8.78
#FFFFFF	8.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#433B13

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E5310

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D0020

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e2216;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 34, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.8% 0.146 30.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b86655',
    500: '#8e2216',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e2216;
$custom-light: #b86655;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e2216",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6,
    "s": 73.171,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42825,
    "c": 0.14558,
    "h": 30.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.06953
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E2216

secondary

#3FB4C1

accent

#DDF038

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE8

border

#D1C6C4

text

#130603

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E2216

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

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