#8E2617#8E2617

#8E2617 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.072; OKLCH L 43.2% C 0.142 H 31.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E2617
RGB	rgb(142, 38, 23)
HSL	hsl(8, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(8, 84%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.2%, 83.8%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.26, 42.85, 34.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.26, 55.04, 38.88°)
OKLab	oklab(43.24% 0.1213 0.0738)
OKLCH	oklch(43.24% 0.142 31.3)
XYZ	xyz(12.0045, 7.2007, 1.5682)
Luminance	0.0720 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E2617 #177F8E

analogous

#8E1744 #8E2617 #8E6217

triadic

#8E2617 #178E26 #26178E

tetradic

#8E2617 #448E17 #177F8E #62178E

square

#8E2617 #448E17 #177F8E #62178E

split-complementary

#8E2617 #178E62 #17448E

monochromatic

#250A06 #59180E #8E2617 #C33420 #E0543F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.61

#8E2617 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.44

#8E2617 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E2617

8.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E2617	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E2617	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)

#453D14

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F5412

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D0024

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e2617;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 38, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.2% 0.142 31.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b86856',
    500: '#8e2617',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e2617;
$custom-light: #b86856;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e2617",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 38,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.563,
    "s": 72.121,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43244,
    "c": 0.14196,
    "h": 31.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.07199
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E2617

secondary

#40B0C0

accent

#D8EF39

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130603

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E2617

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

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