#8E2418#8E2418

#8E2418 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.071; OKLCH L 43.0% C 0.144 H 30.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E2418
RGB	rgb(142, 36, 24)
HSL	hsl(6, 71%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(6, 83%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.6%, 83.1%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.99, 43.65, 33.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.99, 55.17, 37.70°)
OKLab	oklab(43.04% 0.124 0.0724)
OKLCH	oklch(43.04% 0.144 30.3)
XYZ	xyz(11.9525, 7.0803, 1.6013)
Luminance	0.0708 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E2418 #18828E

analogous

#8E1847 #8E2418 #8E5F18

triadic

#8E2418 #188E24 #24188E

tetradic

#8E2418 #478E18 #18828E #5F188E

square

#8E2418 #478E18 #18828E #5F188E

split-complementary

#8E2418 #188E5F #18478E

monochromatic

#250906 #5A170F #8E2418 #C23121 #DF5141

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.69

#8E2418 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.42

#8E2418 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E2418

8.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E2418	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E2418	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)

#443C15

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E5413

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D0022

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e2418;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 36, 24);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.0% 0.144 30.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b86756',
    500: '#8e2418',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e2418;
$custom-light: #b86756;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e2418",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 24
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.102,
    "s": 71.084,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43044,
    "c": 0.14357,
    "h": 30.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.07078
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E2418

secondary

#42B3C0

accent

#DCEE3A

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130603

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E2418

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

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