#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
RGBrgb(142, 35, 22)
HSLhsl(7, 73%, 32%)
HSVhsv(7, 85%, 56%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 75.4%, 84.5%, 44.3%)
CIE-LABlab(31.84, 43.96, 34.68)
CIE-LCHlch(31.84, 56.00, 38.27°)
OKLaboklab(42.92% 0.1246 0.0737)
OKLCHoklch(42.92% 0.145 30.6)
XYZxyz(11.9026, 7.0126, 1.4858)
Luminance0.0701 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyred

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

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
##8E23161.008.742.408.74
#FFFFFF8.741.0021.001.00
#0000002.4021.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF8.741.0021.001.00

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

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#8E2316 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva