#8E2716#8E2716

#8E2716 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.073; OKLCH L 43.3% C 0.141 H 32.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E2716
RGB	rgb(142, 39, 22)
HSL	hsl(9, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(9, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.5%, 84.5%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.40, 42.42, 35.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.40, 55.13, 39.69°)
OKLab	oklab(43.34% 0.1198 0.0749)
OKLCH	oklch(43.34% 0.141 32)
XYZ	xyz(12.0271, 7.2616, 1.5272)
Luminance	0.0726 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E2716 #167D8E

analogous

#8E1641 #8E2716 #8E6316

triadic

#8E2716 #168E27 #27168E

tetradic

#8E2716 #418E16 #167D8E #63168E

square

#8E2716 #418E16 #167D8E #63168E

split-complementary

#8E2716 #168E63 #16418E

monochromatic

#240A06 #59180E #8E2716 #C3361E #E1553D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.56

#8E2716 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.45

#8E2716 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E2716

8.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E2716	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E2716	1.00	8.56	2.45	8.56
#FFFFFF	8.56	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.56	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#463E13

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F5511

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D0024

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e2716;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 39, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.3% 0.141 32.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b86855',
    500: '#8e2716',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e2716;
$custom-light: #b86855;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e2716",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.5,
    "s": 73.171,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43342,
    "c": 0.14124,
    "h": 32
  },
  "luminance": 0.0726
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E2716

secondary

#3FAFC1

accent

#D6F038

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130703

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E2716

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

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