#8E2322#8E2322

#8E2322 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.071; OKLCH L 43.1% C 0.143 H 26.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E2322
RGB	rgb(142, 35, 34)
HSL	hsl(1, 61%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(1, 76%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.4%, 76.1%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.97, 44.41, 27.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.97, 52.43, 32.11°)
OKLab	oklab(43.06% 0.1285 0.0626)
OKLCH	oklch(43.06% 0.143 26)
XYZ	xyz(12.0465, 7.0702, 2.2434)
Luminance	0.0707 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E2322 #228D8E

analogous

#8E2257 #8E2322 #8E5922

triadic

#8E2322 #228E23 #23228E

tetradic

#8E2322 #578E22 #228D8E #59228E

square

#8E2322 #578E22 #228D8E #59228E

split-complementary

#8E2322 #228E59 #22578E

monochromatic

#2B0B0A #5D1716 #8E2322 #BF2F2E #D65554

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.70

#8E2322 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.41

#8E2322 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E2322

8.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E2322	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E2322	1.00	8.70	2.41	8.70
#FFFFFF	8.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#433C21

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D541E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D0024

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e2322;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 35, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.1% 0.143 26.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7675d',
    500: '#8e2322',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e2322;
$custom-light: #b7675d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e2322",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.556,
    "s": 61.364,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43063,
    "c": 0.14295,
    "h": 26
  },
  "luminance": 0.07068
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E2322

secondary

#52B9BA

accent

#E3E443

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130604

muted

#827A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E2322

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

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