#8E221C#8E221C

#8E221C is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.070; OKLCH L 42.9% C 0.145 H 28.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E221C
RGB	rgb(142, 34, 28)
HSL	hsl(3, 67%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(3, 80%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.1%, 80.3%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.76, 44.53, 31.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.76, 54.39, 35.05°)
OKLab	oklab(42.89% 0.1276 0.0683)
OKLCH	oklch(42.89% 0.145 28.2)
XYZ	xyz(11.9384, 6.9805, 1.8172)
Luminance	0.0698 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E221C #1C888E

analogous

#8E1C4F #8E221C #8E5B1C

triadic

#8E221C #1C8E22 #221C8E

tetradic

#8E221C #4F8E1C #1C888E #5B1C8E

square

#8E221C #4F8E1C #1C888E #5B1C8E

split-complementary

#8E221C #1C8E5B #1C4F8E

monochromatic

#280A08 #5B1612 #8E221C #C12E26 #DB5149

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.77

#8E221C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.40

#8E221C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E221C

8.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E221C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E221C	1.00	8.77	2.40	8.77
#FFFFFF	8.77	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.77	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#433C1A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D5317

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D0022

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e221c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 34, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.9% 0.145 28.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b76659',
    500: '#8e221c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e221c;
$custom-light: #b76659;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e221c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.158,
    "s": 67.059,
    "l": 33.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42888,
    "c": 0.14469,
    "h": 28.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.06979
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E221C

secondary

#49B7BD

accent

#E1EA3E

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130603

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E221C

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

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