#8E241B#8E241B

#8E241B is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.071; OKLCH L 43.1% C 0.143 H 29.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E241B
RGB	rgb(142, 36, 27)
HSL	hsl(5, 68%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(5, 81%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.6%, 81%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.02, 43.75, 32.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.02, 54.25, 36.25°)
OKLab	oklab(43.08% 0.1249 0.0698)
OKLCH	oklch(43.08% 0.143 29.2)
XYZ	xyz(11.9854, 7.0935, 1.7748)
Luminance	0.0709 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E241B #1B858E

analogous

#8E1B4B #8E241B #8E5D1B

triadic

#8E241B #1B8E24 #241B8E

tetradic

#8E241B #4B8E1B #1B858E #5D1B8E

square

#8E241B #4B8E1B #1B858E #5D1B8E

split-complementary

#8E241B #1B8E5D #1B4B8E

monochromatic

#270A07 #5B1711 #8E241B #C13125 #DC5347

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.68

#8E241B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.42

#8E241B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E241B

8.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E241B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E241B	1.00	8.68	2.42	8.68
#FFFFFF	8.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#443D19

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E5416

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D0023

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e241b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 36, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.1% 0.143 29.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b76758',
    500: '#8e241b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e241b;
$custom-light: #b76758;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e241b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.696,
    "s": 68.047,
    "l": 33.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43076,
    "c": 0.14309,
    "h": 29.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.07092
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E241B

secondary

#47B4BE

accent

#DDEB3D

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130603

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E241B

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

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