#8E2312#8E2312

#8E2312 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.070; OKLCH L 42.9% C 0.145 H 31.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E2312
RGB	rgb(142, 35, 18)
HSL	hsl(8, 78%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(8, 87%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.4%, 87.3%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.80, 43.85, 36.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.80, 57.20, 39.95°)
OKLab	oklab(42.89% 0.1235 0.0766)
OKLCH	oklch(42.89% 0.145 31.8)
XYZ	xyz(11.8670, 6.9984, 1.2981)
Luminance	0.0700 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E2312 #127D8E

analogous

#8E123F #8E2312 #8E6112

triadic

#8E2312 #128E23 #23128E

tetradic

#8E2312 #3F8E12 #127D8E #61128E

square

#8E2312 #3F8E12 #127D8E #61128E

split-complementary

#8E2312 #128E61 #123F8E

monochromatic

#210804 #58160B #8E2312 #C43019 #E54D35

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.75

#8E2312 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.40

#8E2312 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E2312

8.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E2312	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E2312	1.00	8.75	2.40	8.75
#FFFFFF	8.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#443C0E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E530B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D0020

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e2312;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 35, 18);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.9% 0.145 31.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b86652',
    500: '#8e2312',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e2312;
$custom-light: #b86652;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e2312",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 18
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.226,
    "s": 77.5,
    "l": 31.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4289,
    "c": 0.14533,
    "h": 31.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.06997
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E2312

secondary

#3AAFC2

accent

#DAF434

background

#FCF6F4

surface

#F8EBE7

border

#D1C6C3

text

#130602

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E2312

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

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