#8E2416#8E2416

#8E2416 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.071; OKLCH L 43.0% C 0.144 H 30.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E2416
RGB	rgb(142, 36, 22)
HSL	hsl(7, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(7, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.6%, 84.5%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.97, 43.59, 34.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.97, 55.78, 38.61°)
OKLab	oklab(43.03% 0.1234 0.074)
OKLCH	oklch(43.03% 0.144 30.9)
XYZ	xyz(11.9325, 7.0723, 1.4957)
Luminance	0.0707 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E2416 #16808E

analogous

#8E1644 #8E2416 #8E6016

triadic

#8E2416 #168E24 #24168E

tetradic

#8E2416 #448E16 #16808E #60168E

square

#8E2416 #448E16 #16808E #60168E

split-complementary

#8E2416 #168E60 #16448E

monochromatic

#240906 #59170E #8E2416 #C3311E #E1503D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.70

#8E2416 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.41

#8E2416 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E2416

8.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E2416	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E2416	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)

#443C13

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E5410

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D0022

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e2416;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 36, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.0% 0.144 30.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b86755',
    500: '#8e2416',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e2416;
$custom-light: #b86755;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e2416",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7,
    "s": 73.171,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43025,
    "c": 0.14388,
    "h": 30.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.0707
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E2416

secondary

#3FB2C1

accent

#DAF038

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130603

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E2416

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

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