#8E2217#8E2217

#8E2217 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.070; OKLCH L 42.8% C 0.145 H 30.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E2217
RGB	rgb(142, 34, 23)
HSL	hsl(6, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(6, 84%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.1%, 83.8%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.71, 44.36, 34.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.71, 55.91, 37.49°)
OKLab	oklab(42.84% 0.126 0.0726)
OKLCH	oklch(42.84% 0.145 30)
XYZ	xyz(11.8834, 6.9586, 1.5279)
Luminance	0.0696 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E2217 #17838E

analogous

#8E1748 #8E2217 #8E5D17

triadic

#8E2217 #178E22 #22178E

tetradic

#8E2217 #488E17 #17838E #5D178E

square

#8E2217 #488E17 #17838E #5D178E

split-complementary

#8E2217 #178E5D #17488E

monochromatic

#250906 #59150E #8E2217 #C32F20 #E04E3F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.78

#8E2217 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.39

#8E2217 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E2217

8.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E2217	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E2217	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)

#433B14

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E5311

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D0021

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e2217;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 34, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.8% 0.145 30.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b86655',
    500: '#8e2217',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e2217;
$custom-light: #b86655;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e2217",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.546,
    "s": 72.121,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42835,
    "c": 0.14543,
    "h": 30
  },
  "luminance": 0.06957
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E2217

secondary

#40B4C0

accent

#DEEF39

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130603

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E2217

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

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