#8E241C#8E241C

#8E241C is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.071; OKLCH L 43.1% C 0.143 H 28.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E241C
RGB	rgb(142, 36, 28)
HSL	hsl(4, 67%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(4, 80%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.6%, 80.3%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.03, 43.79, 31.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.03, 53.95, 35.74°)
OKLab	oklab(43.09% 0.1253 0.0689)
OKLCH	oklch(43.09% 0.143 28.8)
XYZ	xyz(11.9972, 7.0982, 1.8368)
Luminance	0.0710 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E241C #1C868E

analogous

#8E1C4D #8E241C #8E5D1C

triadic

#8E241C #1C8E24 #241C8E

tetradic

#8E241C #4D8E1C #1C868E #5D1C8E

square

#8E241C #4D8E1C #1C868E #5D1C8E

split-complementary

#8E241C #1C8E5D #1C4D8E

monochromatic

#280A08 #5B1712 #8E241C #C13126 #DB5349

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.68

#8E241C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.42

#8E241C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E241C

8.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E241C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E241C	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)

#443D1A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E5417

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D0023

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e241c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 36, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.1% 0.143 28.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b76759',
    500: '#8e241c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e241c;
$custom-light: #b76759;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e241c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.211,
    "s": 67.059,
    "l": 33.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43087,
    "c": 0.14294,
    "h": 28.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.07096
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E241C

secondary

#49B5BD

accent

#DEEA3E

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130603

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E241C

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

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