#8E2218#8E2218

#8E2218 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.070; OKLCH L 42.8% C 0.145 H 29.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E2218
RGB	rgb(142, 34, 24)
HSL	hsl(5, 71%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(5, 83%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.1%, 83.1%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.72, 44.39, 33.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.72, 55.60, 37.02°)
OKLab	oklab(42.85% 0.1263 0.0718)
OKLCH	oklch(42.85% 0.145 29.6)
XYZ	xyz(11.8937, 6.9627, 1.5817)
Luminance	0.0696 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E2218 #18848E

analogous

#8E1849 #8E2218 #8E5D18

triadic

#8E2218 #188E22 #22188E

tetradic

#8E2218 #498E18 #18848E #5D188E

square

#8E2218 #498E18 #18848E #5D188E

split-complementary

#8E2218 #188E5D #18498E

monochromatic

#250906 #5A150F #8E2218 #C22F21 #DF4F41

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.78

#8E2218 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.39

#8E2218 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E2218

8.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E2218	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E2218	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)

#433B16

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E5313

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D0021

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e2218;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 34, 24);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.8% 0.145 29.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b86656',
    500: '#8e2218',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e2218;
$custom-light: #b86656;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e2218",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 24
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.085,
    "s": 71.084,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42845,
    "c": 0.14528,
    "h": 29.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.06961
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E2218

secondary

#42B5C0

accent

#DFEE3A

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130603

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E2218

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

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