#8E221B#8E221B

#8E221B is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.070; OKLCH L 42.9% C 0.145 H 28.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E221B
RGB	rgb(142, 34, 27)
HSL	hsl(4, 68%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(4, 81%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.1%, 81%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.75, 44.49, 31.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.75, 54.69, 35.56°)
OKLab	oklab(42.88% 0.1272 0.0692)
OKLCH	oklch(42.88% 0.145 28.5)
XYZ	xyz(11.9266, 6.9758, 1.7552)
Luminance	0.0697 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E221B #1B878E

analogous

#8E1B4D #8E221B #8E5B1B

triadic

#8E221B #1B8E22 #221B8E

tetradic

#8E221B #4D8E1B #1B878E #5B1B8E

square

#8E221B #4D8E1B #1B878E #5B1B8E

split-complementary

#8E221B #1B8E5B #1B4D8E

monochromatic

#270907 #5B1611 #8E221B #C12E25 #DC5047

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.77

#8E221B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.39

#8E221B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E221B

8.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E221B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E221B	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)

#433C19

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D5316

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D0022

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e221b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 34, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.9% 0.145 28.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b76658',
    500: '#8e221b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e221b;
$custom-light: #b76658;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e221b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.652,
    "s": 68.047,
    "l": 33.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42877,
    "c": 0.14484,
    "h": 28.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.06974
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E221B

secondary

#47B7BE

accent

#E0EB3D

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130603

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E221B

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

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