#8E2317#8E2317

#8E2317 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.070; OKLCH L 42.9% C 0.145 H 30.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E2317
RGB	rgb(142, 35, 23)
HSL	hsl(6, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(6, 84%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.4%, 83.8%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.84, 43.99, 34.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.84, 55.69, 37.82°)
OKLab	oklab(42.93% 0.1249 0.0729)
OKLCH	oklch(42.93% 0.145 30.3)
XYZ	xyz(11.9124, 7.0166, 1.5375)
Luminance	0.0702 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E2317 #17828E

analogous

#8E1747 #8E2317 #8E5E17

triadic

#8E2317 #178E23 #23178E

tetradic

#8E2317 #478E17 #17828E #5E178E

square

#8E2317 #478E17 #17828E #5E178E

split-complementary

#8E2317 #178E5E #17478E

monochromatic

#250906 #59160E #8E2317 #C33020 #E0503F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.74

#8E2317 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.40

#8E2317 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E2317

8.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E2317	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E2317	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)

#443C14

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E5312

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D0021

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e2317;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 35, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.9% 0.145 30.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b86655',
    500: '#8e2317',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e2317;
$custom-light: #b86655;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e2317",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.05,
    "s": 72.121,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42934,
    "c": 0.14458,
    "h": 30.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.07015
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E2317

secondary

#40B3C0

accent

#DCEF39

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130603

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E2317

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

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