#8E241A#8E241A

#8E241A is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.071; OKLCH L 43.1% C 0.143 H 29.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E241A
RGB	rgb(142, 36, 26)
HSL	hsl(5, 69%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(5, 82%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.6%, 81.7%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.01, 43.72, 32.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.01, 54.56, 36.75°)
OKLab	oklab(43.07% 0.1246 0.0707)
OKLCH	oklch(43.07% 0.143 29.6)
XYZ	xyz(11.9741, 7.0890, 1.7149)
Luminance	0.0709 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E241A #1A848E

analogous

#8E1A4A #8E241A #8E5E1A

triadic

#8E241A #1A8E24 #241A8E

tetradic

#8E241A #4A8E1A #1A848E #5E1A8E

square

#8E241A #4A8E1A #1A848E #5E1A8E

split-complementary

#8E241A #1A8E5E #1A4A8E

monochromatic

#270A07 #5A1711 #8E241A #C23123 #DD5245

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.69

#8E241A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.42

#8E241A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E241A

8.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E241A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E241A	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)

#443C18

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E5415

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D0023

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e241a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 36, 26);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.1% 0.143 29.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b76758',
    500: '#8e241a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e241a;
$custom-light: #b76758;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e241a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 26
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.172,
    "s": 69.048,
    "l": 32.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43065,
    "c": 0.14325,
    "h": 29.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.07087
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E241A

secondary

#45B4BE

accent

#DDEC3C

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130603

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E241A

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

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