#8E2615#8E2615

#8E2615 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.072; OKLCH L 43.2% C 0.142 H 32.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E2615
RGB	rgb(142, 38, 21)
HSL	hsl(8, 74%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(8, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.2%, 85.2%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.24, 42.79, 35.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.24, 55.66, 39.75°)
OKLab	oklab(43.23% 0.1207 0.0753)
OKLCH	oklch(43.23% 0.142 32)
XYZ	xyz(11.9852, 7.1930, 1.4666)
Luminance	0.0719 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E2615 #157D8E

analogous

#8E1540 #8E2615 #8E6315

triadic

#8E2615 #158E26 #26158E

tetradic

#8E2615 #408E15 #157D8E #63158E

square

#8E2615 #408E15 #157D8E #63158E

split-complementary

#8E2615 #158E63 #15408E

monochromatic

#230905 #59180D #8E2615 #C3341D #E2533B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.61

#8E2615 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.44

#8E2615 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E2615

8.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E2615	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E2615	1.00	8.61	2.44	8.61
#FFFFFF	8.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#453D12

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F540F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D0023

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e2615;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 38, 21);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.2% 0.142 32.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b86854',
    500: '#8e2615',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e2615;
$custom-light: #b86854;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e2615",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 38,
    "b": 21
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.43,
    "s": 74.233,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43225,
    "c": 0.14229,
    "h": 32
  },
  "luminance": 0.07191
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E2615

secondary

#3DAFC2

accent

#D7F137

background

#FCF6F4

surface

#F8EBE8

border

#D1C6C4

text

#130603

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E2615

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

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