#8E231E#8E231E

#8E231E is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.070; OKLCH L 43.0% C 0.144 H 27.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E231E
RGB	rgb(142, 35, 30)
HSL	hsl(3, 65%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(3, 79%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.4%, 78.9%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.92, 44.24, 30.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.92, 53.58, 34.34°)
OKLab	oklab(43.01% 0.1271 0.0667)
OKLCH	oklch(43.01% 0.144 27.7)
XYZ	xyz(11.9921, 7.0484, 1.9571)
Luminance	0.0705 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E231E #1E898E

analogous

#8E1E51 #8E231E #8E5B1E

triadic

#8E231E #1E8E23 #231E8E

tetradic

#8E231E #518E1E #1E898E #5B1E8E

square

#8E231E #518E1E #1E898E #5B1E8E

split-complementary

#8E231E #1E8E5B #1E518E

monochromatic

#290A09 #5B1713 #8E231E #C12F29 #D9534D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.72

#8E231E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.41

#8E231E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E231E

8.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E231E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E231E	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)

#433C1C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E541A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D0023

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e231e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 35, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.0% 0.144 27.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7675a',
    500: '#8e231e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e231e;
$custom-light: #b7675a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e231e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.679,
    "s": 65.116,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4301,
    "c": 0.14352,
    "h": 27.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.07047
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E231E

secondary

#4CB7BC

accent

#E1E840

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130604

muted

#827A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E231E

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