#8E2915#8E2915

#8E2915 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.074; OKLCH L 43.6% C 0.140 H 33.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E2915
RGB	rgb(142, 41, 21)
HSL	hsl(10, 74%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(10, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.1%, 85.2%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.68, 41.58, 36.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.68, 54.99, 40.88°)
OKLab	oklab(43.56% 0.117 0.0762)
OKLCH	oklch(43.56% 0.14 33.1)
XYZ	xyz(12.0851, 7.3926, 1.4999)
Luminance	0.0739 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E2915 #157A8E

analogous

#8E153E #8E2915 #8E6515

triadic

#8E2915 #158E29 #29158E

tetradic

#8E2915 #3E8E15 #157A8E #65158E

square

#8E2915 #3E8E15 #157A8E #65158E

split-complementary

#8E2915 #158E65 #153E8E

monochromatic

#230A05 #591A0D #8E2915 #C3381D #E2573B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.47

#8E2915 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.48

#8E2915 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E2915

8.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E2915	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E2915	1.00	8.47	2.48	8.47
#FFFFFF	8.47	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.48	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.47	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#473F11

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#605510

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D0225

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e2915;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 41, 21);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.6% 0.140 33.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b76955',
    500: '#8e2915',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e2915;
$custom-light: #b76955;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e2915",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 21
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.917,
    "s": 74.233,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43556,
    "c": 0.13961,
    "h": 33.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.07391
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E2915

secondary

#3DACC2

accent

#D2F137

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE8

border

#D1C6C4

text

#130703

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E2915

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

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