#8E2917#8E2917

#8E2917 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.074; OKLCH L 43.6% C 0.139 H 32.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E2917
RGB	rgb(142, 41, 23)
HSL	hsl(9, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(9, 84%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.1%, 83.8%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.70, 41.64, 34.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.70, 54.37, 40.02°)
OKLab	oklab(43.58% 0.1175 0.0747)
OKLCH	oklch(43.58% 0.139 32.4)
XYZ	xyz(12.1043, 7.4004, 1.6015)
Luminance	0.0740 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E2917 #177C8E

analogous

#8E1740 #8E2917 #8E6517

triadic

#8E2917 #178E29 #29178E

tetradic

#8E2917 #408E17 #177C8E #65178E

square

#8E2917 #408E17 #177C8E #65178E

split-complementary

#8E2917 #178E65 #17408E

monochromatic

#250B06 #591A0E #8E2917 #C33820 #E0583F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.47

#8E2917 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.48

#8E2917 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E2917

8.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E2917	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E2917	1.00	8.47	2.48	8.47
#FFFFFF	8.47	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.48	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.47	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#473F14

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#605512

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D0226

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e2917;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 41, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.6% 0.139 32.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b76956',
    500: '#8e2917',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e2917;
$custom-light: #b76956;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e2917",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.076,
    "s": 72.121,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43575,
    "c": 0.13925,
    "h": 32.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.07399
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E2917

secondary

#40ADC0

accent

#D3EF39

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130703

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E2917

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

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