#8E2414#8E2414

#8E2414 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.071; OKLCH L 43.0% C 0.144 H 31.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E2414
RGB	rgb(142, 36, 20)
HSL	hsl(8, 75%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(8, 86%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.6%, 85.9%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.95, 43.53, 35.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.95, 56.39, 39.47°)
OKLab	oklab(43.01% 0.1229 0.0755)
OKLCH	oklch(43.01% 0.144 31.6)
XYZ	xyz(11.9139, 7.0649, 1.3980)
Luminance	0.0706 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E2414 #147E8E

analogous

#8E1441 #8E2414 #8E6114

triadic

#8E2414 #148E24 #24148E

tetradic

#8E2414 #418E14 #147E8E #61148E

square

#8E2414 #418E14 #147E8E #61148E

split-complementary

#8E2414 #148E61 #14418E

monochromatic

#230905 #58160C #8E2414 #C4321C #E35039

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.70

#8E2414 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.41

#8E2414 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E2414

8.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E2414	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E2414	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)

#443C11

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E540E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D0022

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e2414;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 36, 20);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.0% 0.144 31.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b86754',
    500: '#8e2414',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e2414;
$custom-light: #b86754;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e2414",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 20
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.869,
    "s": 75.309,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43007,
    "c": 0.14419,
    "h": 31.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.07063
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E2414

secondary

#3CB0C2

accent

#D9F236

background

#FCF6F4

surface

#F8EBE7

border

#D1C6C3

text

#130602

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E2414

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

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