#8E2815#8E2815

#8E2815 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.073; OKLCH L 43.4% C 0.141 H 32.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E2815
RGB	rgb(142, 40, 21)
HSL	hsl(9, 74%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(9, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.8%, 85.2%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.53, 41.99, 35.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.53, 55.22, 40.50°)
OKLab	oklab(43.44% 0.1182 0.0759)
OKLCH	oklch(43.44% 0.141 32.7)
XYZ	xyz(12.0509, 7.3244, 1.4885)
Luminance	0.0732 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E2815 #157B8E

analogous

#8E153F #8E2815 #8E6415

triadic

#8E2815 #158E28 #28158E

tetradic

#8E2815 #3F8E15 #157B8E #64158E

square

#8E2815 #3F8E15 #157B8E #64158E

split-complementary

#8E2815 #158E64 #153F8E

monochromatic

#230A05 #59190D #8E2815 #C3371D #E2563B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.52

#8E2815 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.46

#8E2815 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E2815

8.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E2815	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E2815	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)

#463E11

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#605510

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D0025

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e2815;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 40, 21);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.4% 0.141 32.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b86954',
    500: '#8e2815',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e2815;
$custom-light: #b86954;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e2815",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 21
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.421,
    "s": 74.233,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43444,
    "c": 0.14051,
    "h": 32.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.07323
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E2815

secondary

#3DADC2

accent

#D4F137

background

#FCF6F4

surface

#F8EBE8

border

#D1C6C4

text

#130703

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E2815

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

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