#8E2516#8E2516

#8E2516 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.071; OKLCH L 43.1% C 0.143 H 31.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E2516
RGB	rgb(142, 37, 22)
HSL	hsl(8, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(8, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.9%, 84.5%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.11, 43.21, 34.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.11, 55.57, 38.96°)
OKLab	oklab(43.13% 0.1222 0.0743)
OKLCH	oklch(43.13% 0.143 31.3)
XYZ	xyz(11.9631, 7.1337, 1.5059)
Luminance	0.0713 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E2516 #167F8E

analogous

#8E1643 #8E2516 #8E6116

triadic

#8E2516 #168E25 #25168E

tetradic

#8E2516 #438E16 #167F8E #61168E

square

#8E2516 #438E16 #167F8E #61168E

split-complementary

#8E2516 #168E61 #16438E

monochromatic

#240906 #59170E #8E2516 #C3331E #E1523D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.65

#8E2516 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.43

#8E2516 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E2516

8.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E2516	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E2516	1.00	8.65	2.43	8.65
#FFFFFF	8.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#453D13

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F5410

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D0023

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e2516;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 37, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.1% 0.143 31.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b86755',
    500: '#8e2516',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e2516;
$custom-light: #b86755;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e2516",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.5,
    "s": 73.171,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43129,
    "c": 0.14301,
    "h": 31.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.07132
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E2516

secondary

#3FB1C1

accent

#D9F038

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130603

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E2516

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

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