#8E221A#8E221A

#8E221A is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.070; OKLCH L 42.9% C 0.145 H 28.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E221A
RGB	rgb(142, 34, 26)
HSL	hsl(4, 69%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(4, 82%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.1%, 81.7%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.74, 44.46, 32.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.74, 55.00, 36.06°)
OKLab	oklab(42.87% 0.1269 0.0701)
OKLCH	oklch(42.87% 0.145 28.9)
XYZ	xyz(11.9152, 6.9713, 1.6953)
Luminance	0.0697 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E221A #1A868E

analogous

#8E1A4C #8E221A #8E5C1A

triadic

#8E221A #1A8E22 #221A8E

tetradic

#8E221A #4C8E1A #1A868E #5C1A8E

square

#8E221A #4C8E1A #1A868E #5C1A8E

split-complementary

#8E221A #1A8E5C #1A4C8E

monochromatic

#270907 #5A1611 #8E221A #C22E23 #DD5045

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.77

#8E221A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.39

#8E221A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E221A

8.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E221A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E221A	1.00	8.77	2.39	8.77
#FFFFFF	8.77	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.77	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#433C18

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E5315

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D0021

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e221a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 34, 26);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.9% 0.145 28.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b76657',
    500: '#8e221a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e221a;
$custom-light: #b76657;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e221a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 26
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.138,
    "s": 69.048,
    "l": 32.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42866,
    "c": 0.14498,
    "h": 28.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.06969
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E221A

secondary

#45B6BE

accent

#E0EC3C

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130603

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E221A

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

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