#8E231B#8E231B

#8E231B is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.070; OKLCH L 43.0% C 0.144 H 28.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E231B
RGB	rgb(142, 35, 27)
HSL	hsl(4, 68%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(4, 81%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.4%, 81%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.88, 44.13, 31.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.88, 54.48, 35.90°)
OKLab	oklab(42.98% 0.1261 0.0695)
OKLCH	oklch(42.98% 0.144 28.9)
XYZ	xyz(11.9556, 7.0338, 1.7649)
Luminance	0.0703 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E231B #1B868E

analogous

#8E1B4C #8E231B #8E5C1B

triadic

#8E231B #1B8E23 #231B8E

tetradic

#8E231B #4C8E1B #1B868E #5C1B8E

square

#8E231B #4C8E1B #1B868E #5C1B8E

split-complementary

#8E231B #1B8E5C #1B4C8E

monochromatic

#270A07 #5B1611 #8E231B #C13025 #DC5247

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.73

#8E231B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.41

#8E231B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E231B

8.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E231B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E231B	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)

#433C19

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E5416

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D0022

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e231b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 35, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.0% 0.144 28.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b76758',
    500: '#8e231b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e231b;
$custom-light: #b76758;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e231b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.174,
    "s": 68.047,
    "l": 33.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42975,
    "c": 0.14397,
    "h": 28.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.07032
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E231B

secondary

#47B5BE

accent

#DFEB3D

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130603

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E231B

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