#8E2618#8E2618

#8E2618 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.072; OKLCH L 43.3% C 0.142 H 31.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E2618
RGB	rgb(142, 38, 24)
HSL	hsl(7, 71%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(7, 83%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.2%, 83.1%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.27, 42.88, 34.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.27, 54.73, 38.42°)
OKLab	oklab(43.25% 0.1216 0.073)
OKLCH	oklch(43.25% 0.142 31)
XYZ	xyz(12.0147, 7.2048, 1.6220)
Luminance	0.0720 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E2618 #18808E

analogous

#8E1845 #8E2618 #8E6118

triadic

#8E2618 #188E26 #26188E

tetradic

#8E2618 #458E18 #18808E #61188E

square

#8E2618 #458E18 #18808E #61188E

split-complementary

#8E2618 #188E61 #18458E

monochromatic

#250A06 #5A180F #8E2618 #C23421 #DF5441

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.60

#8E2618 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.44

#8E2618 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E2618

8.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E2618	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E2618	1.00	8.60	2.44	8.60
#FFFFFF	8.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#453D15

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F5413

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D0024

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e2618;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 38, 24);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.3% 0.142 31.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b76856',
    500: '#8e2618',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e2618;
$custom-light: #b76856;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e2618",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 38,
    "b": 24
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.119,
    "s": 71.084,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43253,
    "c": 0.1418,
    "h": 31
  },
  "luminance": 0.07203
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E2618

secondary

#42B1C0

accent

#D8EE3A

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130603

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E2618

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

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