#8E2A16#8E2A16

#8E2A16 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.075; OKLCH L 43.7% C 0.139 H 33.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E2A16
RGB	rgb(142, 42, 22)
HSL	hsl(10, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(10, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.4%, 84.5%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.85, 41.19, 35.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.85, 54.46, 40.86°)
OKLab	oklab(43.68% 0.116 0.0758)
OKLCH	oklch(43.68% 0.139 33.2)
XYZ	xyz(12.1295, 7.4665, 1.5614)
Luminance	0.0746 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E2A16 #167A8E

analogous

#8E163E #8E2A16 #8E6616

triadic

#8E2A16 #168E2A #2A168E

tetradic

#8E2A16 #3E8E16 #167A8E #66168E

square

#8E2A16 #3E8E16 #167A8E #66168E

split-complementary

#8E2A16 #168E66 #163E8E

monochromatic

#240B06 #591A0E #8E2A16 #C33A1E #E1593D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.42

#8E2A16 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.49

#8E2A16 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E2A16

8.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E2A16	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E2A16	1.00	8.42	2.49	8.42
#FFFFFF	8.42	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.42	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#483F12

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#605511

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D0526

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e2a16;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 42, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.7% 0.139 33.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b76a55',
    500: '#8e2a16',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e2a16;
$custom-light: #b76a55;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e2a16",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10,
    "s": 73.171,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4368,
    "c": 0.13852,
    "h": 33.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.07465
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E2A16

secondary

#3FABC1

accent

#D1F038

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130703

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E2A16

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