#8E2319#8E2319

#8E2319 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.070; OKLCH L 43.0% C 0.144 H 29.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E2319
RGB	rgb(142, 35, 25)
HSL	hsl(5, 70%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(5, 82%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.4%, 82.4%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.86, 44.06, 33.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.86, 55.08, 36.88°)
OKLab	oklab(42.95% 0.1255 0.0712)
OKLCH	oklch(42.95% 0.144 29.6)
XYZ	xyz(11.9333, 7.0249, 1.6471)
Luminance	0.0702 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E2319 #19848E

analogous

#8E194A #8E2319 #8E5D19

triadic

#8E2319 #198E23 #23198E

tetradic

#8E2319 #4A8E19 #19848E #5D198E

square

#8E2319 #4A8E19 #19848E #5D198E

split-complementary

#8E2319 #198E5D #194A8E

monochromatic

#260907 #5A1610 #8E2319 #C23022 #DE5143

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.73

#8E2319 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.40

#8E2319 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E2319

8.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E2319	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E2319	1.00	8.73	2.40	8.73
#FFFFFF	8.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#433C17

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E5314

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D0022

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e2319;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 35, 25);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.0% 0.144 29.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b86657',
    500: '#8e2319',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e2319;
$custom-light: #b86657;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e2319",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 25
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.128,
    "s": 70.06,
    "l": 32.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42954,
    "c": 0.14428,
    "h": 29.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.07023
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E2319

secondary

#44B4BF

accent

#DEED3B

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130603

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E2319

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

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