#8E2327#8E2327

#8E2327 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.071; OKLCH L 43.1% C 0.142 H 23.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E2327
RGB	rgb(142, 35, 39)
HSL	hsl(358, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(358, 75%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.4%, 72.5%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.04, 44.64, 24.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.04, 51.09, 29.11°)
OKLab	oklab(43.14% 0.1304 0.0571)
OKLCH	oklch(43.14% 0.142 23.7)
XYZ	xyz(12.1239, 7.1012, 2.6513)
Luminance	0.0710 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E2327 #238E8A

analogous

#8E235D #8E2327 #8E5523

triadic

#8E2327 #278E23 #23278E

tetradic

#8E2327 #5D8E23 #238E8A #55238E

square

#8E2327 #5D8E23 #238E8A #55238E

split-complementary

#8E2327 #238E55 #235D8E

monochromatic

#2C0B0C #5D171A #8E2327 #BF2F34 #D5565B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.68

#8E2327 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.42

#8E2327 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E2327

8.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E2327	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E2327	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)

#423D26

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D5423

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C0026

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e2327;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 35, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.1% 0.142 23.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b66761',
    500: '#8e2327',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e2327;
$custom-light: #b66761;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e2327",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.757,
    "s": 60.452,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43137,
    "c": 0.14234,
    "h": 23.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.07099
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E2327

secondary

#53B9B6

accent

#E4DE44

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130605

muted

#827A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E2327

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

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