#8E2816#8E2816

#8E2816 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.073; OKLCH L 43.5% C 0.140 H 32.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E2816
RGB	rgb(142, 40, 22)
HSL	hsl(9, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(9, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.8%, 84.5%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.54, 42.02, 35.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.54, 54.91, 40.07°)
OKLab	oklab(43.45% 0.1185 0.0752)
OKLCH	oklch(43.45% 0.14 32.4)
XYZ	xyz(12.0604, 7.3281, 1.5383)
Luminance	0.0733 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E2816 #167C8E

analogous

#8E1640 #8E2816 #8E6416

triadic

#8E2816 #168E28 #28168E

tetradic

#8E2816 #408E16 #167C8E #64168E

square

#8E2816 #408E16 #167C8E #64168E

split-complementary

#8E2816 #168E64 #16408E

monochromatic

#240A06 #59190E #8E2816 #C3371E #E1563D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.52

#8E2816 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.47

#8E2816 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E2816

8.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E2816	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E2816	1.00	8.52	2.47	8.52
#FFFFFF	8.52	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.52	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#463E13

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#605511

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D0025

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e2816;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 40, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.5% 0.140 32.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b76955',
    500: '#8e2816',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e2816;
$custom-light: #b76955;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e2816",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9,
    "s": 73.171,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43453,
    "c": 0.14034,
    "h": 32.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.07326
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E2816

secondary

#3FADC1

accent

#D4F038

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130703

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E2816

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

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