#8E2918#8E2918

#8E2918 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.074; OKLCH L 43.6% C 0.139 H 32.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E2918
RGB	rgb(142, 41, 24)
HSL	hsl(9, 71%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(9, 83%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.1%, 83.1%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.71, 41.67, 34.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.71, 54.06, 39.57°)
OKLab	oklab(43.58% 0.1178 0.0739)
OKLCH	oklch(43.58% 0.139 32.1)
XYZ	xyz(12.1146, 7.4045, 1.6553)
Luminance	0.0740 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E2918 #187D8E

analogous

#8E1842 #8E2918 #8E6418

triadic

#8E2918 #188E29 #29188E

tetradic

#8E2918 #428E18 #187D8E #64188E

square

#8E2918 #428E18 #187D8E #64188E

split-complementary

#8E2918 #188E64 #18428E

monochromatic

#250B06 #5A1A0F #8E2918 #C23821 #DF5841

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.47

#8E2918 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.48

#8E2918 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E2918

8.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E2918	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E2918	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)

#473F15

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#605513

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D0326

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e2918;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 41, 24);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.6% 0.139 32.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b76956',
    500: '#8e2918',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e2918;
$custom-light: #b76956;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e2918",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 24
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.644,
    "s": 71.084,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43584,
    "c": 0.13908,
    "h": 32.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.07403
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E2918

secondary

#42AEC0

accent

#D4EE3A

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130703

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E2918

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

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