#8E2718#8E2718

#8E2718 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.073; OKLCH L 43.4% C 0.141 H 31.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E2718
RGB	rgb(142, 39, 24)
HSL	hsl(8, 71%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(8, 83%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.5%, 83.1%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.41, 42.48, 34.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.41, 54.51, 38.79°)
OKLab	oklab(43.36% 0.1204 0.0733)
OKLCH	oklch(43.36% 0.141 31.3)
XYZ	xyz(12.0471, 7.2696, 1.6328)
Luminance	0.0727 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8E2718 #187F8E

analogous

#8E1844 #8E2718 #8E6218

triadic

#8E2718 #188E27 #27188E

tetradic

#8E2718 #448E18 #187F8E #62188E

square

#8E2718 #448E18 #187F8E #62188E

split-complementary

#8E2718 #188E62 #18448E

monochromatic

#250A06 #5A190F #8E2718 #C23521 #DF5541

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.56

#8E2718 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.45

#8E2718 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E2718

8.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E2718	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E2718	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)

#463E15

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F5513

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D0025

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e2718;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 39, 24);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.4% 0.141 31.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b76856',
    500: '#8e2718',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e2718;
$custom-light: #b76856;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e2718",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 24
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.627,
    "s": 71.084,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43361,
    "c": 0.1409,
    "h": 31.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.07268
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E2718

secondary

#42B0C0

accent

#D7EE3A

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130703

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E2718

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

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