#8E2819#8E2819

#8E2819 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.073; OKLCH L 43.5% C 0.140 H 31.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E2819
RGB	rgb(142, 40, 25)
HSL	hsl(8, 70%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(8, 82%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.8%, 82.4%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.57, 42.11, 33.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.57, 53.97, 38.71°)
OKLab	oklab(43.48% 0.1194 0.0728)
OKLCH	oklch(43.48% 0.14 31.4)
XYZ	xyz(12.0910, 7.3404, 1.6997)
Luminance	0.0734 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E2819 #197F8E

analogous

#8E1945 #8E2819 #8E6219

triadic

#8E2819 #198E28 #28198E

tetradic

#8E2819 #458E19 #197F8E #62198E

square

#8E2819 #458E19 #197F8E #62198E

split-complementary

#8E2819 #198E62 #19458E

monochromatic

#260B07 #5A1910 #8E2819 #C23722 #DE5743

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.51

#8E2819 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.47

#8E2819 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E2819

8.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E2819	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E2819	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)

#463E16

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F5514

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D0025

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e2819;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 40, 25);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.5% 0.140 31.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b76957',
    500: '#8e2819',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e2819;
$custom-light: #b76957;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e2819",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 25
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.692,
    "s": 70.06,
    "l": 32.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43482,
    "c": 0.13982,
    "h": 31.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.07339
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E2819

secondary

#44AFBF

accent

#D6ED3B

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130703

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E2819

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

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