#8E2314#8E2314

#8E2314 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.070; OKLCH L 42.9% C 0.145 H 31.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E2314
RGB	rgb(142, 35, 20)
HSL	hsl(7, 75%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(7, 86%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.4%, 85.9%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.82, 43.91, 35.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.82, 56.60, 39.13°)
OKLab	oklab(42.91% 0.124 0.0752)
OKLCH	oklch(42.91% 0.145 31.2)
XYZ	xyz(11.8841, 7.0052, 1.3881)
Luminance	0.0700 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E2314 #147F8E

analogous

#8E1442 #8E2314 #8E6014

triadic

#8E2314 #148E23 #23148E

tetradic

#8E2314 #428E14 #147F8E #60148E

square

#8E2314 #428E14 #147F8E #60148E

split-complementary

#8E2314 #148E60 #14428E

monochromatic

#230905 #58160C #8E2314 #C4301C #E34E39

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.75

#8E2314 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.40

#8E2314 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E2314

8.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E2314	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E2314	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)

#443C11

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E530E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D0021

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e2314;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 35, 20);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.9% 0.145 31.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b86653',
    500: '#8e2314',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e2314;
$custom-light: #b86653;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e2314",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 20
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.377,
    "s": 75.309,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42906,
    "c": 0.14504,
    "h": 31.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.07003
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E2314

secondary

#3CB1C2

accent

#DBF236

background

#FCF6F4

surface

#F8EBE7

border

#D1C6C3

text

#130602

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E2314

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

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