#8E2817#8E2817

#8E2817 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.073; OKLCH L 43.5% C 0.140 H 32.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E2817
RGB	rgb(142, 40, 23)
HSL	hsl(9, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(9, 84%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.8%, 83.8%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.55, 42.05, 34.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.55, 54.60, 39.63°)
OKLab	oklab(43.46% 0.1188 0.0744)
OKLCH	oklch(43.46% 0.14 32.1)
XYZ	xyz(12.0702, 7.3321, 1.5901)
Luminance	0.0733 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E2817 #177D8E

analogous

#8E1742 #8E2817 #8E6317

triadic

#8E2817 #178E28 #28178E

tetradic

#8E2817 #428E17 #177D8E #63178E

square

#8E2817 #428E17 #177D8E #63178E

split-complementary

#8E2817 #178E63 #17428E

monochromatic

#250A06 #59190E #8E2817 #C33720 #E0563F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.52

#8E2817 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.47

#8E2817 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E2817

8.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E2817	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E2817	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)

#463E14

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F5512

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D0025

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e2817;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 40, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.5% 0.140 32.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b76956',
    500: '#8e2817',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e2817;
$custom-light: #b76956;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e2817",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.571,
    "s": 72.121,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43462,
    "c": 0.14017,
    "h": 32.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.0733
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E2817

secondary

#40AEC0

accent

#D5EF39

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130703

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E2817

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

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