#8E2415#8E2415

#8E2415 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.071; OKLCH L 43.0% C 0.144 H 31.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E2415
RGB	rgb(142, 36, 21)
HSL	hsl(7, 74%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(7, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.6%, 85.2%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.96, 43.56, 35.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.96, 56.09, 39.05°)
OKLab	oklab(43.02% 0.1231 0.0747)
OKLCH	oklch(43.02% 0.144 31.3)
XYZ	xyz(11.9230, 7.0685, 1.4459)
Luminance	0.0707 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E2415 #157F8E

analogous

#8E1543 #8E2415 #8E6115

triadic

#8E2415 #158E24 #24158E

tetradic

#8E2415 #438E15 #157F8E #61158E

square

#8E2415 #438E15 #157F8E #61158E

split-complementary

#8E2415 #158E61 #15438E

monochromatic

#230905 #59160D #8E2415 #C3321D #E2503B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.70

#8E2415 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.41

#8E2415 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E2415

8.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E2415	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E2415	1.00	8.70	2.41	8.70
#FFFFFF	8.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#443C12

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E540F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D0022

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e2415;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 36, 21);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.0% 0.144 31.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b86754',
    500: '#8e2415',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e2415;
$custom-light: #b86754;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e2415",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 21
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.438,
    "s": 74.233,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43016,
    "c": 0.14404,
    "h": 31.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.07067
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E2415

secondary

#3DB1C2

accent

#DAF137

background

#FCF6F4

surface

#F8EBE8

border

#D1C6C4

text

#130603

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E2415

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

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