#8E2517#8E2517

#8E2517 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.071; OKLCH L 43.1% C 0.143 H 31.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E2517
RGB	rgb(142, 37, 23)
HSL	hsl(7, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(7, 84%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.9%, 83.8%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.12, 43.24, 34.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.12, 55.26, 38.51°)
OKLab	oklab(43.14% 0.1225 0.0735)
OKLCH	oklch(43.14% 0.143 31)
XYZ	xyz(11.9730, 7.1376, 1.5577)
Luminance	0.0714 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E2517 #17808E

analogous

#8E1744 #8E2517 #8E6117

triadic

#8E2517 #178E25 #25178E

tetradic

#8E2517 #448E17 #17808E #61178E

square

#8E2517 #448E17 #17808E #61178E

split-complementary

#8E2517 #178E61 #17448E

monochromatic

#250A06 #59170E #8E2517 #C33320 #E0523F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.65

#8E2517 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.43

#8E2517 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E2517

8.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E2517	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E2517	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)

#453D14

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F5412

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D0023

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e2517;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 37, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.1% 0.143 31.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b86756',
    500: '#8e2517',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e2517;
$custom-light: #b86756;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e2517",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.059,
    "s": 72.121,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43138,
    "c": 0.14284,
    "h": 31
  },
  "luminance": 0.07136
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E2517

secondary

#40B1C0

accent

#D9EF39

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130603

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E2517

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

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