#8E2514#8E2514

#8E2514 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.071; OKLCH L 43.1% C 0.143 H 31.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E2514
RGB	rgb(142, 37, 20)
HSL	hsl(8, 75%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(8, 86%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.9%, 85.9%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.09, 43.15, 35.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.09, 56.18, 39.82°)
OKLab	oklab(43.11% 0.1217 0.0758)
OKLCH	oklch(43.11% 0.143 31.9)
XYZ	xyz(11.9446, 7.1263, 1.4083)
Luminance	0.0712 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E2514 #147D8E

analogous

#8E1440 #8E2514 #8E6214

triadic

#8E2514 #148E25 #25148E

tetradic

#8E2514 #408E14 #147D8E #62148E

square

#8E2514 #408E14 #147D8E #62148E

split-complementary

#8E2514 #148E62 #14408E

monochromatic

#230905 #58170C #8E2514 #C4331C #E35139

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.66

#8E2514 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.42

#8E2514 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E2514

8.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E2514	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E2514	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)

#453D11

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F540E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D0022

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e2514;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 37, 20);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.1% 0.143 31.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b86754',
    500: '#8e2514',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e2514;
$custom-light: #b86754;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e2514",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 20
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.361,
    "s": 75.309,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43111,
    "c": 0.14333,
    "h": 31.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.07124
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E2514

secondary

#3CAFC2

accent

#D8F236

background

#FCF6F4

surface

#F8EBE7

border

#D1C6C3

text

#130603

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E2514

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

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