#8E2923#8E2923

#8E2923 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.075; OKLCH L 43.7% C 0.137 H 27.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E2923
RGB	rgb(142, 41, 35)
HSL	hsl(3, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(3, 75%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.1%, 75.4%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.83, 42.10, 28.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.83, 50.69, 33.85°)
OKLab	oklab(43.71% 0.1215 0.0637)
OKLCH	oklch(43.71% 0.137 27.7)
XYZ	xyz(12.2530, 7.4598, 2.3845)
Luminance	0.0746 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E2923 #23888E

analogous

#8E2353 #8E2923 #8E5E23

triadic

#8E2923 #238E29 #29238E

tetradic

#8E2923 #538E23 #23888E #5E238E

square

#8E2923 #538E23 #23888E #5E238E

split-complementary

#8E2923 #238E5E #23538E

monochromatic

#2C0D0B #5D1B17 #8E2923 #BF372F #D55D56

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.43

#8E2923 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.49

#8E2923 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E2923

8.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E2923	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E2923	1.00	8.43	2.49	8.43
#FFFFFF	8.43	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.43	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#463F21

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F551F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D0629

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e2923;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 41, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.7% 0.137 27.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b66a5e',
    500: '#8e2923',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e2923;
$custom-light: #b66a5e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e2923",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.364,
    "s": 60.452,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43713,
    "c": 0.13714,
    "h": 27.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.07458
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E2923

secondary

#53B4B9

accent

#DBE444

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130704

muted

#827A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E2923

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

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