#8E2219#8E2219

#8E2219 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.070; OKLCH L 42.9% C 0.145 H 29.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E2219
RGB	rgb(142, 34, 25)
HSL	hsl(5, 70%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(5, 82%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.1%, 82.4%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.73, 44.43, 32.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.73, 55.30, 36.55°)
OKLab	oklab(42.86% 0.1266 0.071)
OKLCH	oklch(42.86% 0.145 29.3)
XYZ	xyz(11.9043, 6.9669, 1.6375)
Luminance	0.0697 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E2219 #19858E

analogous

#8E194B #8E2219 #8E5C19

triadic

#8E2219 #198E22 #22198E

tetradic

#8E2219 #4B8E19 #19858E #5C198E

square

#8E2219 #4B8E19 #19858E #5C198E

split-complementary

#8E2219 #198E5C #194B8E

monochromatic

#260907 #5A1610 #8E2219 #C22E22 #DE4F43

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.78

#8E2219 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.39

#8E2219 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E2219

8.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E2219	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E2219	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)

#433C17

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E5314

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D0021

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e2219;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 34, 25);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.9% 0.145 29.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b86657',
    500: '#8e2219',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e2219;
$custom-light: #b86657;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e2219",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 25
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.615,
    "s": 70.06,
    "l": 32.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42855,
    "c": 0.14513,
    "h": 29.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.06965
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E2219

secondary

#44B6BF

accent

#DFED3B

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130603

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E2219

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

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