#8E2318#8E2318

#8E2318 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.070; OKLCH L 42.9% C 0.144 H 29.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E2318
RGB	rgb(142, 35, 24)
HSL	hsl(6, 71%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(6, 83%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.4%, 83.1%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.85, 44.03, 33.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.85, 55.39, 37.36°)
OKLab	oklab(42.94% 0.1252 0.0721)
OKLCH	oklch(42.94% 0.144 29.9)
XYZ	xyz(11.9227, 7.0207, 1.5913)
Luminance	0.0702 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E2318 #18838E

analogous

#8E1848 #8E2318 #8E5E18

triadic

#8E2318 #188E23 #23188E

tetradic

#8E2318 #488E18 #18838E #5E188E

square

#8E2318 #488E18 #18838E #5E188E

split-complementary

#8E2318 #188E5E #18488E

monochromatic

#250906 #5A160F #8E2318 #C23021 #DF5041

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.74

#8E2318 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.40

#8E2318 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E2318

8.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E2318	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E2318	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)

#443C15

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E5313

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D0022

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e2318;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 35, 24);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.9% 0.144 29.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b86656',
    500: '#8e2318',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e2318;
$custom-light: #b86656;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e2318",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 24
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.593,
    "s": 71.084,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42943,
    "c": 0.14443,
    "h": 29.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.07019
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E2318

secondary

#42B4C0

accent

#DDEE3A

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130603

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E2318

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

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