#8E2515#8E2515

#8E2515 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.071; OKLCH L 43.1% C 0.143 H 31.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E2515
RGB	rgb(142, 37, 21)
HSL	hsl(8, 74%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(8, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.9%, 85.2%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.10, 43.18, 35.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.10, 55.87, 39.39°)
OKLab	oklab(43.12% 0.1219 0.075)
OKLCH	oklch(43.12% 0.143 31.6)
XYZ	xyz(11.9537, 7.1299, 1.4561)
Luminance	0.0713 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E2515 #157E8E

analogous

#8E1542 #8E2515 #8E6215

triadic

#8E2515 #158E25 #25158E

tetradic

#8E2515 #428E15 #157E8E #62158E

square

#8E2515 #428E15 #157E8E #62158E

split-complementary

#8E2515 #158E62 #15428E

monochromatic

#230905 #59170D #8E2515 #C3331D #E2513B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.66

#8E2515 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.43

#8E2515 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E2515

8.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E2515	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E2515	1.00	8.66	2.43	8.66
#FFFFFF	8.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#453D12

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F540F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D0022

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e2515;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 37, 21);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.1% 0.143 31.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b86754',
    500: '#8e2515',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e2515;
$custom-light: #b86754;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e2515",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 21
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.934,
    "s": 74.233,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4312,
    "c": 0.14317,
    "h": 31.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.07128
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E2515

secondary

#3DB0C2

accent

#D8F137

background

#FCF6F4

surface

#F8EBE8

border

#D1C6C4

text

#130603

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E2515

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

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