#8E2624#8E2624

#8E2624 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.073; OKLCH L 43.4% C 0.140 H 26.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E2624
RGB	rgb(142, 38, 36)
HSL	hsl(1, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(1, 75%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.2%, 74.6%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.41, 43.36, 27.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.41, 51.15, 32.05°)
OKLab	oklab(43.4% 0.1256 0.0615)
OKLCH	oklch(43.4% 0.14 26.1)
XYZ	xyz(12.1682, 7.2662, 2.4305)
Luminance	0.0726 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E2624 #248C8E

analogous

#8E2457 #8E2624 #8E5B24

triadic

#8E2624 #248E26 #26248E

tetradic

#8E2624 #578E24 #248C8E #5B248E

square

#8E2624 #578E24 #248C8E #5B248E

split-complementary

#8E2624 #248E5B #24578E

monochromatic

#2C0C0B #5D1918 #8E2624 #BF3330 #D55A58

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.56

#8E2624 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.45

#8E2624 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E2624

8.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E2624	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E2624	1.00	8.56	2.45	8.56
#FFFFFF	8.56	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.56	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#443E23

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E5420

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D0027

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e2624;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 38, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.4% 0.140 26.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7685f',
    500: '#8e2624',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e2624;
$custom-light: #b7685f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e2624",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 38,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.132,
    "s": 59.551,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43399,
    "c": 0.13989,
    "h": 26.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.07264
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E2624

secondary

#55B7B9

accent

#E0E345

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130704

muted

#827A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E2624

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

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