#8E241D#8E241D

#8E241D is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.071; OKLCH L 43.1% C 0.143 H 28.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E241D
RGB	rgb(142, 36, 29)
HSL	hsl(4, 66%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(4, 80%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.6%, 79.6%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.04, 43.83, 30.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.04, 53.65, 35.23°)
OKLab	oklab(43.1% 0.1256 0.0679)
OKLCH	oklch(43.1% 0.143 28.4)
XYZ	xyz(12.0094, 7.1031, 1.9008)
Luminance	0.0710 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E241D #1D878E

analogous

#8E1D4E #8E241D #8E5C1D

triadic

#8E241D #1D8E24 #241D8E

tetradic

#8E241D #4E8E1D #1D878E #5C1D8E

square

#8E241D #4E8E1D #1D878E #5C1D8E

split-complementary

#8E241D #1D8E5C #1D4E8E

monochromatic

#280A08 #5B1713 #8E241D #C13127 #DA544B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.68

#8E241D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.42

#8E241D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E241D

8.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E241D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E241D	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)

#443D1B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E5419

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D0023

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e241d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 36, 29);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.1% 0.143 28.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7675a',
    500: '#8e241d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e241d;
$custom-light: #b7675a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e241d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 29
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.717,
    "s": 66.082,
    "l": 33.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43099,
    "c": 0.14278,
    "h": 28.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.07101
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E241D

secondary

#4AB5BD

accent

#DEE93F

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130603

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E241D

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

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