#8E2326#8E2326

#8E2326 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.071; OKLCH L 43.1% C 0.142 H 24.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E2326
RGB	rgb(142, 35, 38)
HSL	hsl(358, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(358, 75%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.4%, 73.2%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.02, 44.59, 25.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.02, 51.35, 29.73°)
OKLab	oklab(43.12% 0.13 0.0583)
OKLCH	oklch(43.12% 0.142 24.1)
XYZ	xyz(12.1076, 7.0946, 2.5652)
Luminance	0.0709 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E2326 #238E8B

analogous

#8E235B #8E2326 #8E5623

triadic

#8E2326 #268E23 #23268E

tetradic

#8E2326 #5B8E23 #238E8B #56238E

square

#8E2326 #5B8E23 #238E8B #56238E

split-complementary

#8E2326 #238E56 #235B8E

monochromatic

#2C0B0C #5D1719 #8E2326 #BF2F33 #D5565A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.68

#8E2326 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.42

#8E2326 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E2326

8.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E2326	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E2326	1.00	8.68	2.42	8.68
#FFFFFF	8.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#423D25

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D5422

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D0025

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e2326;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 35, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.1% 0.142 24.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b76760',
    500: '#8e2326',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e2326;
$custom-light: #b76760;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e2326",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.318,
    "s": 60.452,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43122,
    "c": 0.14246,
    "h": 24.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.07093
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E2326

secondary

#53B9B7

accent

#E4DF44

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130605

muted

#827A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E2326

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

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