#8E231A#8E231A

#8E231A is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.070; OKLCH L 43.0% C 0.144 H 29.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E231A
RGB	rgb(142, 35, 26)
HSL	hsl(5, 69%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(5, 82%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.4%, 81.7%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.87, 44.09, 32.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.87, 54.78, 36.40°)
OKLab	oklab(42.96% 0.1258 0.0704)
OKLCH	oklch(42.96% 0.144 29.2)
XYZ	xyz(11.9442, 7.0293, 1.7050)
Luminance	0.0703 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E231A #1A858E

analogous

#8E1A4B #8E231A #8E5D1A

triadic

#8E231A #1A8E23 #231A8E

tetradic

#8E231A #4B8E1A #1A858E #5D1A8E

square

#8E231A #4B8E1A #1A858E #5D1A8E

split-complementary

#8E231A #1A8E5D #1A4B8E

monochromatic

#270907 #5A1611 #8E231A #C23023 #DD5145

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.73

#8E231A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.41

#8E231A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E231A

8.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E231A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E231A	1.00	8.73	2.41	8.73
#FFFFFF	8.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#433C18

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E5315

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D0022

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e231a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 35, 26);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.0% 0.144 29.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b76757',
    500: '#8e231a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e231a;
$custom-light: #b76757;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e231a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 26
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.655,
    "s": 69.048,
    "l": 32.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42964,
    "c": 0.14412,
    "h": 29.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.07027
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E231A

secondary

#45B5BE

accent

#DEEC3C

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130603

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E231A

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

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