#8E2A17#8E2A17

#8E2A17 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.075; OKLCH L 43.7% C 0.138 H 32.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E2A17
RGB	rgb(142, 42, 23)
HSL	hsl(10, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(10, 84%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.4%, 83.8%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.85, 41.22, 35.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.85, 54.15, 40.42°)
OKLab	oklab(43.69% 0.1162 0.075)
OKLCH	oklch(43.69% 0.138 32.8)
XYZ	xyz(12.1394, 7.4704, 1.6132)
Luminance	0.0747 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E2A17 #177B8E

analogous

#8E173F #8E2A17 #8E6617

triadic

#8E2A17 #178E2A #2A178E

tetradic

#8E2A17 #3F8E17 #177B8E #66178E

square

#8E2A17 #3F8E17 #177B8E #66178E

split-complementary

#8E2A17 #178E66 #173F8E

monochromatic

#250B06 #591A0E #8E2A17 #C33A20 #E0593F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.42

#8E2A17 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.49

#8E2A17 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E2A17

8.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E2A17	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E2A17	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)

#473F14

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#605512

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D0527

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e2a17;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 42, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.7% 0.138 32.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b76a56',
    500: '#8e2a17',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e2a17;
$custom-light: #b76a56;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e2a17",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.58,
    "s": 72.121,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43689,
    "c": 0.13834,
    "h": 32.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.07469
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E2A17

secondary

#40ACC0

accent

#D2EF39

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130703

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E2A17

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

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