#8E2324#8E2324

#8E2324 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.071; OKLCH L 43.1% C 0.143 H 25.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E2324
RGB	rgb(142, 35, 36)
HSL	hsl(359, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(359, 75%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.4%, 74.6%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.99, 44.50, 26.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.99, 51.88, 30.94°)
OKLab	oklab(43.09% 0.1292 0.0605)
OKLCH	oklch(43.09% 0.143 25.1)
XYZ	xyz(12.0762, 7.0821, 2.3998)
Luminance	0.0708 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E2324 #238E8D

analogous

#8E235A #8E2324 #8E5723

triadic

#8E2324 #248E23 #23248E

tetradic

#8E2324 #5A8E23 #238E8D #57238E

square

#8E2324 #5A8E23 #238E8D #57238E

split-complementary

#8E2324 #238E57 #235A8E

monochromatic

#2C0B0B #5D1718 #8E2324 #BF2F30 #D55657

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.69

#8E2324 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.42

#8E2324 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E2324

8.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E2324	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E2324	1.00	8.69	2.42	8.69
#FFFFFF	8.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#423D23

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D5420

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D0025

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e2324;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 35, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.1% 0.143 25.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7675f',
    500: '#8e2324',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e2324;
$custom-light: #b7675f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e2324",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.439,
    "s": 60.452,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43091,
    "c": 0.14269,
    "h": 25.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.0708
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E2324

secondary

#53B9B8

accent

#E4E244

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130604

muted

#827A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E2324

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

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