#8E2723#8E2723

#8E2723 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.073; OKLCH L 43.5% C 0.139 H 26.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E2723
RGB	rgb(142, 39, 35)
HSL	hsl(2, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(2, 75%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.5%, 75.4%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.54, 42.91, 27.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.54, 51.19, 33.03°)
OKLab	oklab(43.49% 0.124 0.0629)
OKLCH	oklch(43.49% 0.139 26.9)
XYZ	xyz(12.1856, 7.3250, 2.3620)
Luminance	0.0732 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E2723 #238A8E

analogous

#8E2355 #8E2723 #8E5D23

triadic

#8E2723 #238E27 #27238E

tetradic

#8E2723 #558E23 #238A8E #5D238E

square

#8E2723 #558E23 #238A8E #5D238E

split-complementary

#8E2723 #238E5D #23558E

monochromatic

#2C0C0B #5D1A17 #8E2723 #BF342F #D55B56

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.52

#8E2723 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.46

#8E2723 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E2723

8.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E2723	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E2723	1.00	8.52	2.46	8.52
#FFFFFF	8.52	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.52	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#453E22

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E551F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D0127

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e2723;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 39, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.5% 0.139 26.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7695e',
    500: '#8e2723',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e2723;
$custom-light: #b7695e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e2723",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.243,
    "s": 60.452,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43492,
    "c": 0.13908,
    "h": 26.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.07323
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E2723

secondary

#53B6B9

accent

#DEE444

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130704

muted

#827A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E2723

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

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