#8E2419#8E2419

#8E2419 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.071; OKLCH L 43.1% C 0.143 H 29.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E2419
RGB	rgb(142, 36, 25)
HSL	hsl(6, 70%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(6, 82%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.6%, 82.4%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.00, 43.68, 33.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.00, 54.86, 37.23°)
OKLab	oklab(43.06% 0.1243 0.0715)
OKLCH	oklch(43.06% 0.143 29.9)
XYZ	xyz(11.9631, 7.0846, 1.6571)
Luminance	0.0708 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E2419 #19838E

analogous

#8E1948 #8E2419 #8E5E19

triadic

#8E2419 #198E24 #24198E

tetradic

#8E2419 #488E19 #19838E #5E198E

square

#8E2419 #488E19 #19838E #5E198E

split-complementary

#8E2419 #198E5E #19488E

monochromatic

#260A07 #5A1710 #8E2419 #C23122 #DE5243

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.69

#8E2419 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.42

#8E2419 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E2419

8.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E2419	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E2419	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)

#443C17

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E5414

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D0023

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e2419;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 36, 25);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.1% 0.143 29.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b76757',
    500: '#8e2419',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e2419;
$custom-light: #b76757;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e2419",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 25
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.641,
    "s": 70.06,
    "l": 32.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43055,
    "c": 0.1434,
    "h": 29.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.07083
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E2419

secondary

#44B3BF

accent

#DCED3B

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130603

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E2419

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

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