#8F231A#8F231A

#8F231A is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.071; OKLCH L 43.2% C 0.145 H 29.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8F231A
RGB	rgb(143, 35, 26)
HSL	hsl(5, 69%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(5, 82%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.5%, 81.8%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.07, 44.42, 32.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.07, 55.21, 36.42°)
OKLab	oklab(43.15% 0.1267 0.0709)
OKLCH	oklch(43.15% 0.145 29.2)
XYZ	xyz(12.1166, 7.1182, 1.7130)
Luminance	0.0712 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8F231A #1A868F

analogous

#8F1A4C #8F231A #8F5D1A

triadic

#8F231A #1A8F23 #231A8F

tetradic

#8F231A #4C8F1A #1A868F #5D1A8F

square

#8F231A #4C8F1A #1A868F #5D1A8F

split-complementary

#8F231A #1A8F5D #1A4C8F

monochromatic

#270A07 #5B1611 #8F231A #C33023 #DD5246

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.67

#8F231A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.42

#8F231A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8F231A

8.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8F231A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8F231A	1.00	8.67	2.42	8.67
#FFFFFF	8.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#443C18

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E5415

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9E0022

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8f231a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(143, 35, 26);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.2% 0.145 29.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b86757',
    500: '#8f231a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8f231a;
$custom-light: #b86757;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8f231a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 143,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 26
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.615,
    "s": 69.231,
    "l": 33.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43151,
    "c": 0.14517,
    "h": 29.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.07116
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8F231A

secondary

#46B5BF

accent

#DEEC3C

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130603

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8F231A

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

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