#8E2320#8E2320

#8E2320 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.071; OKLCH L 43.0% C 0.143 H 26.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E2320
RGB	rgb(142, 35, 32)
HSL	hsl(2, 63%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(2, 77%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.4%, 77.5%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.94, 44.32, 29.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.94, 53.00, 33.25°)
OKLab	oklab(43.04% 0.1278 0.0647)
OKLCH	oklch(43.04% 0.143 26.9)
XYZ	xyz(12.0185, 7.0590, 2.0959)
Luminance	0.0706 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E2320 #208B8E

analogous

#8E2054 #8E2320 #8E5A20

triadic

#8E2320 #208E23 #23208E

tetradic

#8E2320 #548E20 #208B8E #5A208E

square

#8E2320 #548E20 #208B8E #5A208E

split-complementary

#8E2320 #208E5A #20548E

monochromatic

#2A0A09 #5C1715 #8E2320 #C02F2B #D85451

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.71

#8E2320 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.41

#8E2320 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E2320

8.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E2320	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E2320	1.00	8.71	2.41	8.71
#FFFFFF	8.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#433C1E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D541C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D0024

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e2320;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 35, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.0% 0.143 26.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7675c',
    500: '#8e2320',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e2320;
$custom-light: #b7675c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e2320",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.636,
    "s": 63.218,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43036,
    "c": 0.14323,
    "h": 26.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.07057
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E2320

secondary

#4FB8BB

accent

#E2E642

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130604

muted

#827A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E2320

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

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