#8E2914#8E2914

#8E2914 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.074; OKLCH L 43.5% C 0.140 H 33.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E2914
RGB	rgb(142, 41, 20)
HSL	hsl(10, 75%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(10, 86%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.1%, 85.9%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.68, 41.55, 36.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.68, 55.30, 41.30°)
OKLab	oklab(43.55% 0.1167 0.0769)
OKLCH	oklch(43.55% 0.14 33.4)
XYZ	xyz(12.0760, 7.3890, 1.4520)
Luminance	0.0739 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E2914 #14798E

analogous

#8E143C #8E2914 #8E6614

triadic

#8E2914 #148E29 #29148E

tetradic

#8E2914 #3C8E14 #14798E #66148E

square

#8E2914 #3C8E14 #14798E #66148E

split-complementary

#8E2914 #148E66 #143C8E

monochromatic

#230A05 #581A0C #8E2914 #C4381C #E35639

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.48

#8E2914 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.48

#8E2914 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E2914

8.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E2914	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E2914	1.00	8.48	2.48	8.48
#FFFFFF	8.48	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.48	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.48	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#473F10

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#60550E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D0225

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e2914;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 41, 20);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.5% 0.140 33.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b86954',
    500: '#8e2914',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e2914;
$custom-light: #b86954;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e2914",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 20
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.328,
    "s": 75.309,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43548,
    "c": 0.13978,
    "h": 33.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.07387
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E2914

secondary

#3CABC2

accent

#D2F236

background

#FCF6F4

surface

#F8EBE7

border

#D1C6C3

text

#130703

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E2914

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

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