#8E241F#8E241F

#8E241F is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.071; OKLCH L 43.1% C 0.142 H 27.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E241F
RGB	rgb(142, 36, 31)
HSL	hsl(3, 64%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(3, 78%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.6%, 78.2%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.06, 43.91, 29.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.06, 53.06, 34.16°)
OKLab	oklab(43.12% 0.1263 0.066)
OKLCH	oklch(43.12% 0.142 27.6)
XYZ	xyz(12.0349, 7.1133, 2.0354)
Luminance	0.0711 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E241F #1F898E

analogous

#8E1F52 #8E241F #8E5C1F

triadic

#8E241F #1F8E24 #241F8E

tetradic

#8E241F #528E1F #1F898E #5C1F8E

square

#8E241F #528E1F #1F898E #5C1F8E

split-complementary

#8E241F #1F8E5C #1F528E

monochromatic

#2A0B09 #5C1714 #8E241F #C0312A #D9554F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.67

#8E241F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.42

#8E241F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E241F

8.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E241F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E241F	1.00	8.67	2.42	8.67
#FFFFFF	8.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#433D1D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E541B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D0024

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e241f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 36, 31);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.1% 0.142 27.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7675b',
    500: '#8e241f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e241f;
$custom-light: #b7675b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e241f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 31
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.703,
    "s": 64.162,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43124,
    "c": 0.14248,
    "h": 27.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.07111
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E241F

secondary

#4DB7BB

accent

#E0E741

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130604

muted

#827A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E241F

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