#8E2916#8E2916

#8E2916 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.074; OKLCH L 43.6% C 0.139 H 32.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E2916
RGB	rgb(142, 41, 22)
HSL	hsl(10, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(10, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.1%, 84.5%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.69, 41.61, 35.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.69, 54.68, 40.46°)
OKLab	oklab(43.57% 0.1172 0.0755)
OKLCH	oklch(43.57% 0.139 32.8)
XYZ	xyz(12.0945, 7.3964, 1.5497)
Luminance	0.0740 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E2916 #167B8E

analogous

#8E163F #8E2916 #8E6516

triadic

#8E2916 #168E29 #29168E

tetradic

#8E2916 #3F8E16 #167B8E #65168E

square

#8E2916 #3F8E16 #167B8E #65168E

split-complementary

#8E2916 #168E65 #163F8E

monochromatic

#240A06 #591A0E #8E2916 #C3381E #E1573D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.47

#8E2916 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.48

#8E2916 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E2916

8.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E2916	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E2916	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)

#473F13

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#605511

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D0226

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e2916;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 41, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.6% 0.139 32.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b76955',
    500: '#8e2916',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e2916;
$custom-light: #b76955;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e2916",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.5,
    "s": 73.171,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43565,
    "c": 0.13943,
    "h": 32.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.07395
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E2916

secondary

#3FACC1

accent

#D3F038

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130703

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E2916

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

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