#8E2814#8E2814

#8E2814 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.073; OKLCH L 43.4% C 0.141 H 33.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E2814
RGB	rgb(142, 40, 20)
HSL	hsl(10, 75%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(10, 86%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.8%, 85.9%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.53, 41.96, 36.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.53, 55.52, 40.91°)
OKLab	oklab(43.44% 0.118 0.0766)
OKLCH	oklch(43.44% 0.141 33)
XYZ	xyz(12.0418, 7.3207, 1.4407)
Luminance	0.0732 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E2814 #147A8E

analogous

#8E143D #8E2814 #8E6514

triadic

#8E2814 #148E28 #28148E

tetradic

#8E2814 #3D8E14 #147A8E #65148E

square

#8E2814 #3D8E14 #147A8E #65148E

split-complementary

#8E2814 #148E65 #143D8E

monochromatic

#230A05 #58190C #8E2814 #C4371C #E35539

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.52

#8E2814 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.46

#8E2814 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E2814

8.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E2814	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E2814	1.00	8.52	2.46	8.52
#FFFFFF	8.52	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.52	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#463E10

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#60550E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D0025

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e2814;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 40, 20);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.4% 0.141 33.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b86954',
    500: '#8e2814',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e2814;
$custom-light: #b86954;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e2814",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 20
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.836,
    "s": 75.309,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43435,
    "c": 0.14068,
    "h": 33
  },
  "luminance": 0.07319
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E2814

secondary

#3CACC2

accent

#D3F236

background

#FCF6F4

surface

#F8EBE7

border

#D1C6C3

text

#130703

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E2814

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

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