#8E2417#8E2417

#8E2417 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.071; OKLCH L 43.0% C 0.144 H 30.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E2417
RGB	rgb(142, 36, 23)
HSL	hsl(7, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(7, 84%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.6%, 83.8%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.98, 43.62, 34.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.98, 55.48, 38.16°)
OKLab	oklab(43.04% 0.1237 0.0732)
OKLCH	oklch(43.04% 0.144 30.6)
XYZ	xyz(11.9423, 7.0763, 1.5475)
Luminance	0.0707 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E2417 #17818E

analogous

#8E1745 #8E2417 #8E6017

triadic

#8E2417 #178E24 #24178E

tetradic

#8E2417 #458E17 #17818E #60178E

square

#8E2417 #458E17 #17818E #60178E

split-complementary

#8E2417 #178E60 #17458E

monochromatic

#250906 #59170E #8E2417 #C33120 #E0513F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.70

#8E2417 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.41

#8E2417 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E2417

8.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E2417	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E2417	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)

#443C14

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E5412

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D0022

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e2417;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 36, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.0% 0.144 30.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b86755',
    500: '#8e2417',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e2417;
$custom-light: #b86755;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e2417",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.555,
    "s": 72.121,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43035,
    "c": 0.14372,
    "h": 30.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.07074
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E2417

secondary

#40B2C0

accent

#DBEF39

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130603

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E2417

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

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