#8E2A12#8E2A12

#8E2A12 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.074; OKLCH L 43.6% C 0.139 H 34.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E2A12
RGB	rgb(142, 42, 18)
HSL	hsl(12, 78%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(12, 87%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.4%, 87.3%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.81, 41.08, 37.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.81, 55.69, 42.47°)
OKLab	oklab(43.65% 0.1149 0.0786)
OKLCH	oklch(43.65% 0.139 34.4)
XYZ	xyz(12.0939, 7.4522, 1.3738)
Luminance	0.0745 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E2A12 #12768E

analogous

#8E1238 #8E2A12 #8E6812

triadic

#8E2A12 #128E2A #2A128E

tetradic

#8E2A12 #388E12 #12768E #68128E

square

#8E2A12 #388E12 #12768E #68128E

split-complementary

#8E2A12 #128E68 #12388E

monochromatic

#210A04 #581A0B #8E2A12 #C43A19 #E55735

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.43

#8E2A12 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.49

#8E2A12 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E2A12

8.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E2A12	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E2A12	1.00	8.43	2.49	8.43
#FFFFFF	8.43	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.43	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#483F0D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#60550C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D0426

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e2a12;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 42, 18);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.6% 0.139 34.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b86a53',
    500: '#8e2a12',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e2a12;
$custom-light: #b86a53;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e2a12",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 18
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.613,
    "s": 77.5,
    "l": 31.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43647,
    "c": 0.13922,
    "h": 34.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.0745
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E2A12

secondary

#3AA8C2

accent

#CFF434

background

#FCF6F4

surface

#F8EBE7

border

#D1C6C3

text

#130702

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E2A12

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

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