#8E2115#8E2115

#8E2115 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 42.7% C 0.147 H 30.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E2115
RGB	rgb(142, 33, 21)
HSL	hsl(6, 74%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(6, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.8%, 85.2%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.57, 44.66, 34.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.57, 56.72, 38.06°)
OKLab	oklab(42.72% 0.1266 0.0739)
OKLCH	oklch(42.72% 0.147 30.3)
XYZ	xyz(11.8360, 6.8945, 1.4169)
Luminance	0.0689 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E2115 #15828E

analogous

#8E1546 #8E2115 #8E5D15

triadic

#8E2115 #158E21 #21158E

tetradic

#8E2115 #468E15 #15828E #5D158E

square

#8E2115 #468E15 #15828E #5D158E

split-complementary

#8E2115 #158E5D #15468E

monochromatic

#230805 #59150D #8E2115 #C32D1D #E24C3B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.83

#8E2115 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.38

#8E2115 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E2115

8.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E2115	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E2115	1.00	8.83	2.38	8.83
#FFFFFF	8.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#433B12

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E530F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D0020

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e2115;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 33, 21);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.7% 0.147 30.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b86654',
    500: '#8e2115',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e2115;
$custom-light: #b86654;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e2115",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 21
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.95,
    "s": 74.233,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4272,
    "c": 0.14657,
    "h": 30.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.06893
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E2115

secondary

#3DB4C2

accent

#DEF137

background

#FCF6F4

surface

#F8EBE7

border

#D1C6C3

text

#130603

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E2115

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

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