#8E2315#8E2315

#8E2315 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.070; OKLCH L 42.9% C 0.145 H 30.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E2315
RGB	rgb(142, 35, 21)
HSL	hsl(7, 74%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(7, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.4%, 85.2%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.83, 43.93, 35.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.83, 56.30, 38.71°)
OKLab	oklab(42.92% 0.1243 0.0745)
OKLCH	oklch(42.92% 0.145 30.9)
XYZ	xyz(11.8932, 7.0089, 1.4359)
Luminance	0.0701 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E2315 #15808E

analogous

#8E1544 #8E2315 #8E6015

triadic

#8E2315 #158E23 #23158E

tetradic

#8E2315 #448E15 #15808E #60158E

square

#8E2315 #448E15 #15808E #60158E

split-complementary

#8E2315 #158E60 #15448E

monochromatic

#230905 #59160D #8E2315 #C3301D #E24F3B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.74

#8E2315 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.40

#8E2315 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E2315

8.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E2315	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E2315	1.00	8.74	2.40	8.74
#FFFFFF	8.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#443C12

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E530F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D0021

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e2315;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 35, 21);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.9% 0.145 30.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b86654',
    500: '#8e2315',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e2315;
$custom-light: #b86654;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e2315",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 21
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.942,
    "s": 74.233,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42915,
    "c": 0.14489,
    "h": 30.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.07007
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E2315

secondary

#3DB2C2

accent

#DBF137

background

#FCF6F4

surface

#F8EBE8

border

#D1C6C4

text

#130603

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E2315

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

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