#8E2717#8E2717

#8E2717 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.073; OKLCH L 43.4% C 0.141 H 31.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E2717
RGB	rgb(142, 39, 23)
HSL	hsl(8, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(8, 84%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.5%, 83.8%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.40, 42.45, 34.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.40, 54.82, 39.25°)
OKLab	oklab(43.35% 0.1201 0.0741)
OKLCH	oklch(43.35% 0.141 31.7)
XYZ	xyz(12.0369, 7.2655, 1.5790)
Luminance	0.0726 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E2717 #177E8E

analogous

#8E1743 #8E2717 #8E6217

triadic

#8E2717 #178E27 #27178E

tetradic

#8E2717 #438E17 #177E8E #62178E

square

#8E2717 #438E17 #177E8E #62178E

split-complementary

#8E2717 #178E62 #17438E

monochromatic

#250A06 #59190E #8E2717 #C33520 #E0553F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.56

#8E2717 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.45

#8E2717 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E2717

8.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E2717	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E2717	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)

#463E14

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F5512

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D0024

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e2717;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 39, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.4% 0.141 31.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b76856',
    500: '#8e2717',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e2717;
$custom-light: #b76856;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e2717",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.067,
    "s": 72.121,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43352,
    "c": 0.14108,
    "h": 31.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.07264
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E2717

secondary

#40AFC0

accent

#D6EF39

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130703

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E2717

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

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