#8E2313#8E2313

#8E2313 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.070; OKLCH L 42.9% C 0.145 H 31.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E2313
RGB	rgb(142, 35, 19)
HSL	hsl(8, 76%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(8, 87%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.4%, 86.6%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.81, 43.88, 36.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.81, 56.91, 39.55°)
OKLab	oklab(42.9% 0.1238 0.0759)
OKLCH	oklch(42.9% 0.145 31.5)
XYZ	xyz(11.8753, 7.0017, 1.3422)
Luminance	0.0700 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E2313 #137E8E

analogous

#8E1341 #8E2313 #8E6113

triadic

#8E2313 #138E23 #23138E

tetradic

#8E2313 #418E13 #137E8E #61138E

square

#8E2313 #418E13 #137E8E #61138E

split-complementary

#8E2313 #138E61 #13418E

monochromatic

#220805 #58160C #8E2313 #C4301A #E44E37

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.75

#8E2313 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.40

#8E2313 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E2313

8.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E2313	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E2313	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)

#443C10

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E530C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D0021

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e2313;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 35, 19);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.9% 0.145 31.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b86653',
    500: '#8e2313',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e2313;
$custom-light: #b86653;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e2313",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 19
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.805,
    "s": 76.398,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42898,
    "c": 0.14519,
    "h": 31.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.07
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E2313

secondary

#3BB0C2

accent

#DAF335

background

#FCF6F4

surface

#F8EBE7

border

#D1C6C3

text

#130602

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E2313

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

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