#8E2818#8E2818

#8E2818 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.073; OKLCH L 43.5% C 0.140 H 31.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E2818
RGB	rgb(142, 40, 24)
HSL	hsl(8, 71%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(8, 83%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.8%, 83.1%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.56, 42.08, 34.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.56, 54.28, 39.18°)
OKLab	oklab(43.47% 0.1191 0.0736)
OKLCH	oklch(43.47% 0.14 31.7)
XYZ	xyz(12.0804, 7.3362, 1.6439)
Luminance	0.0733 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E2818 #187E8E

analogous

#8E1843 #8E2818 #8E6318

triadic

#8E2818 #188E28 #28188E

tetradic

#8E2818 #438E18 #187E8E #63188E

square

#8E2818 #438E18 #187E8E #63188E

split-complementary

#8E2818 #188E63 #18438E

monochromatic

#250B06 #5A190F #8E2818 #C23721 #DF5741

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.51

#8E2818 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.47

#8E2818 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E2818

8.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E2818	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E2818	1.00	8.51	2.47	8.51
#FFFFFF	8.51	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.51	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#463E15

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F5513

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D0025

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e2818;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 40, 24);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.5% 0.140 31.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b76956',
    500: '#8e2818',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e2818;
$custom-light: #b76956;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e2818",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 24
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.136,
    "s": 71.084,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43472,
    "c": 0.13999,
    "h": 31.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.07334
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E2818

secondary

#42AFC0

accent

#D5EE3A

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130703

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E2818

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

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