#8F231C#8F231C

#8F231C is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.071; OKLCH L 43.2% C 0.145 H 28.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8F231C
RGB	rgb(143, 35, 28)
HSL	hsl(4, 67%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(4, 80%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.5%, 80.4%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.10, 44.50, 31.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.10, 54.60, 35.42°)
OKLab	oklab(43.17% 0.1273 0.0691)
OKLCH	oklch(43.17% 0.145 28.5)
XYZ	xyz(12.1398, 7.1274, 1.8349)
Luminance	0.0713 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8F231C #1C888F

analogous

#8F1C4E #8F231C #8F5C1C

triadic

#8F231C #1C8F23 #231C8F

tetradic

#8F231C #4E8F1C #1C888F #5C1C8F

square

#8F231C #4E8F1C #1C888F #5C1C8F

split-complementary

#8F231C #1C8F5C #1C4E8F

monochromatic

#290A08 #5C1612 #8F231C #C23026 #DC534A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.66

#8F231C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.43

#8F231C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8F231C

8.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8F231C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8F231C	1.00	8.66	2.43	8.66
#FFFFFF	8.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#443C1A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E5417

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9E0023

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8f231c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(143, 35, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.2% 0.145 28.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b86759',
    500: '#8f231c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8f231c;
$custom-light: #b86759;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8f231c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 143,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.652,
    "s": 67.251,
    "l": 33.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43173,
    "c": 0.14487,
    "h": 28.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.07126
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8F231C

secondary

#49B7BE

accent

#E0EA3E

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130603

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8F231C

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

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