#8F231E#8F231E

#8F231E is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.071; OKLCH L 43.2% C 0.145 H 27.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8F231E
RGB	rgb(143, 35, 30)
HSL	hsl(3, 65%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(3, 79%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.5%, 79%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.12, 44.57, 30.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.12, 54.01, 34.38°)
OKLab	oklab(43.2% 0.128 0.0672)
OKLCH	oklch(43.2% 0.145 27.7)
XYZ	xyz(12.1645, 7.1373, 1.9652)
Luminance	0.0713 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8F231E #1E8A8F

analogous

#8F1E52 #8F231E #8F5C1E

triadic

#8F231E #1E8F23 #231E8F

tetradic

#8F231E #528F1E #1E8A8F #5C1E8F

square

#8F231E #528F1E #1E8A8F #5C1E8F

split-complementary

#8F231E #1E8F5C #1E528F

monochromatic

#2A0A09 #5C1713 #8F231E #C22F29 #DA544E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.65

#8F231E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.43

#8F231E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8F231E

8.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8F231E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8F231E	1.00	8.65	2.43	8.65
#FFFFFF	8.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#433D1C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E541A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9E0023

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8f231e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(143, 35, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.2% 0.145 27.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b8675a',
    500: '#8f231e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8f231e;
$custom-light: #b8675a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8f231e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 143,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.655,
    "s": 65.318,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43196,
    "c": 0.14457,
    "h": 27.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.07135
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8F231E

secondary

#4CB7BC

accent

#E1E840

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130604

muted

#827A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8F231E

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