#8E2616#8E2616

#8E2616 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.072; OKLCH L 43.2% C 0.142 H 31.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E2616
RGB	rgb(142, 38, 22)
HSL	hsl(8, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(8, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.2%, 84.5%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.25, 42.82, 35.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.25, 55.35, 39.32°)
OKLab	oklab(43.23% 0.121 0.0746)
OKLCH	oklch(43.23% 0.142 31.6)
XYZ	xyz(11.9947, 7.1968, 1.5164)
Luminance	0.0720 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E2616 #167E8E

analogous

#8E1642 #8E2616 #8E6216

triadic

#8E2616 #168E26 #26168E

tetradic

#8E2616 #428E16 #167E8E #62168E

square

#8E2616 #428E16 #167E8E #62168E

split-complementary

#8E2616 #168E62 #16428E

monochromatic

#240A06 #59180E #8E2616 #C3341E #E1533D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.61

#8E2616 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.44

#8E2616 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E2616

8.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E2616	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E2616	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)

#453D13

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F5411

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D0023

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e2616;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 38, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.2% 0.142 31.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b86855',
    500: '#8e2616',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e2616;
$custom-light: #b86855;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e2616",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 38,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8,
    "s": 73.171,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43234,
    "c": 0.14214,
    "h": 31.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.07195
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E2616

secondary

#3FB0C1

accent

#D7F038

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130603

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E2616

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

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