#8E2A13#8E2A13

#8E2A13 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.075; OKLCH L 43.7% C 0.139 H 34.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E2A13
RGB	rgb(142, 42, 19)
HSL	hsl(11, 76%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(11, 87%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.4%, 86.6%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.82, 41.10, 37.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.82, 55.39, 42.09°)
OKLab	oklab(43.66% 0.1152 0.078)
OKLCH	oklch(43.66% 0.139 34.1)
XYZ	xyz(12.1023, 7.4556, 1.4178)
Luminance	0.0745 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E2A13 #13778E

analogous

#8E1339 #8E2A13 #8E6813

triadic

#8E2A13 #138E2A #2A138E

tetradic

#8E2A13 #398E13 #13778E #68138E

square

#8E2A13 #398E13 #13778E #68138E

split-complementary

#8E2A13 #138E68 #13398E

monochromatic

#220A05 #581A0C #8E2A13 #C43A1A #E45837

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.43

#8E2A13 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.49

#8E2A13 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E2A13

8.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E2A13	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E2A13	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)

#483F0F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#60550D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D0426

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e2a13;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 42, 19);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.7% 0.139 34.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b86a53',
    500: '#8e2a13',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e2a13;
$custom-light: #b86a53;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e2a13",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 19
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.22,
    "s": 76.398,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43655,
    "c": 0.13905,
    "h": 34.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.07454
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E2A13

secondary

#3BA9C2

accent

#CFF335

background

#FCF6F4

surface

#F8EBE7

border

#D1C6C3

text

#130702

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E2A13

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

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