#8E231D#8E231D

#8E231D is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.070; OKLCH L 43.0% C 0.144 H 28.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E231D
RGB	rgb(142, 35, 29)
HSL	hsl(3, 66%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(3, 80%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.4%, 79.6%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.91, 44.20, 30.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.91, 53.88, 34.87°)
OKLab	oklab(43% 0.1268 0.0676)
OKLCH	oklch(43% 0.144 28.1)
XYZ	xyz(11.9795, 7.0434, 1.8909)
Luminance	0.0704 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E231D #1D888E

analogous

#8E1D4F #8E231D #8E5B1D

triadic

#8E231D #1D8E23 #231D8E

tetradic

#8E231D #4F8E1D #1D888E #5B1D8E

square

#8E231D #4F8E1D #1D888E #5B1D8E

split-complementary

#8E231D #1D8E5B #1D4F8E

monochromatic

#280A08 #5B1613 #8E231D #C13027 #DA534B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.72

#8E231D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.41

#8E231D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E231D

8.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E231D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E231D	1.00	8.72	2.41	8.72
#FFFFFF	8.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#433C1B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E5419

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D0023

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e231d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 35, 29);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.0% 0.144 28.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7675a',
    500: '#8e231d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e231d;
$custom-light: #b7675a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e231d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 29
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.186,
    "s": 66.082,
    "l": 33.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42998,
    "c": 0.14366,
    "h": 28.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.07042
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E231D

secondary

#4AB7BD

accent

#E0E93F

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130603

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E231D

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

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