#8E2513#8E2513

#8E2513 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.071; OKLCH L 43.1% C 0.143 H 32.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E2513
RGB	rgb(142, 37, 19)
HSL	hsl(9, 76%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(9, 87%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.9%, 86.6%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.08, 43.12, 36.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.08, 56.48, 40.23°)
OKLab	oklab(43.1% 0.1214 0.0765)
OKLCH	oklch(43.1% 0.143 32.2)
XYZ	xyz(11.9359, 7.1228, 1.3623)
Luminance	0.0712 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E2513 #137C8E

analogous

#8E133F #8E2513 #8E6313

triadic

#8E2513 #138E25 #25138E

tetradic

#8E2513 #3F8E13 #137C8E #63138E

square

#8E2513 #3F8E13 #137C8E #63138E

split-complementary

#8E2513 #138E63 #133F8E

monochromatic

#220905 #58170C #8E2513 #C4331A #E45037

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.66

#8E2513 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.42

#8E2513 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E2513

8.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E2513	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E2513	1.00	8.66	2.42	8.66
#FFFFFF	8.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#453D0F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F540D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D0022

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e2513;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 37, 19);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.1% 0.143 32.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b86753',
    500: '#8e2513',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e2513;
$custom-light: #b86753;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e2513",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 19
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.78,
    "s": 76.398,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43102,
    "c": 0.14349,
    "h": 32.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.07121
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E2513

secondary

#3BAEC2

accent

#D7F335

background

#FCF6F4

surface

#F8EBE7

border

#D1C6C3

text

#130602

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E2513

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

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