#8E2316#8E2316

#8E2316 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.070; OKLCH L 42.9% C 0.145 H 30.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E2316
RGB	rgb(142, 35, 22)
HSL	hsl(7, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(7, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.4%, 84.5%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.84, 43.96, 34.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.84, 56.00, 38.27°)
OKLab	oklab(42.92% 0.1246 0.0737)
OKLCH	oklch(42.92% 0.145 30.6)
XYZ	xyz(11.9026, 7.0126, 1.4858)
Luminance	0.0701 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E2316 #16818E

analogous

#8E1645 #8E2316 #8E5F16

triadic

#8E2316 #168E23 #23168E

tetradic

#8E2316 #458E16 #16818E #5F168E

square

#8E2316 #458E16 #16818E #5F168E

split-complementary

#8E2316 #168E5F #16458E

monochromatic

#240906 #59160E #8E2316 #C3301E #E14F3D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.74

#8E2316 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.40

#8E2316 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E2316

8.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E2316	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E2316	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)

#443C13

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E5310

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D0021

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e2316;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 35, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.9% 0.145 30.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b86655',
    500: '#8e2316',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e2316;
$custom-light: #b86655;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e2316",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.5,
    "s": 73.171,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42924,
    "c": 0.14473,
    "h": 30.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.07011
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E2316

secondary

#3FB3C1

accent

#DCF038

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE8

border

#D1C6C4

text

#130603

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E2316

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

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