#8E2919#8E2919

#8E2919 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.074; OKLCH L 43.6% C 0.139 H 31.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E2919
RGB	rgb(142, 41, 25)
HSL	hsl(8, 70%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(8, 82%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.1%, 82.4%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.72, 41.70, 33.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.72, 53.75, 39.11°)
OKLab	oklab(43.59% 0.1181 0.0731)
OKLCH	oklch(43.59% 0.139 31.8)
XYZ	xyz(12.1251, 7.4087, 1.7111)
Luminance	0.0741 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E2919 #197E8E

analogous

#8E1944 #8E2919 #8E6319

triadic

#8E2919 #198E29 #29198E

tetradic

#8E2919 #448E19 #197E8E #63198E

square

#8E2919 #448E19 #197E8E #63198E

split-complementary

#8E2919 #198E63 #19448E

monochromatic

#260B07 #5A1A10 #8E2919 #C23822 #DE5943

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.46

#8E2919 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.48

#8E2919 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E2919

8.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E2919	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E2919	1.00	8.46	2.48	8.46
#FFFFFF	8.46	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.48	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.46	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#473F16

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#605514

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D0326

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e2919;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 41, 25);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.6% 0.139 31.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b76957',
    500: '#8e2919',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e2919;
$custom-light: #b76957;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e2919",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 25
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.205,
    "s": 70.06,
    "l": 32.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43594,
    "c": 0.1389,
    "h": 31.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.07407
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E2919

secondary

#44AEBF

accent

#D5ED3B

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130703

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E2919

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

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