#8E2B13#8E2B13

#8E2B13 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.075; OKLCH L 43.8% C 0.138 H 34.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E2B13
RGB	rgb(142, 43, 19)
HSL	hsl(12, 76%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(12, 87%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.7%, 86.6%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.98, 40.68, 37.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.98, 55.16, 42.49°)
OKLab	oklab(43.77% 0.1138 0.0783)
OKLCH	oklch(43.77% 0.138 34.5)
XYZ	xyz(12.1382, 7.5274, 1.4298)
Luminance	0.0753 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E2B13 #13768E

analogous

#8E1339 #8E2B13 #8E6913

triadic

#8E2B13 #138E2B #2B138E

tetradic

#8E2B13 #398E13 #13768E #69138E

square

#8E2B13 #398E13 #13768E #69138E

split-complementary

#8E2B13 #138E69 #13398E

monochromatic

#220A05 #581B0C #8E2B13 #C43B1A #E45937

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.38

#8E2B13 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.51

#8E2B13 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E2B13

8.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E2B13	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E2B13	1.00	8.38	2.51	8.38
#FFFFFF	8.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#48400F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#61560D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D0727

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e2b13;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 43, 19);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.8% 0.138 34.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b76a53',
    500: '#8e2b13',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e2b13;
$custom-light: #b76a53;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e2b13",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 19
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.707,
    "s": 76.398,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43772,
    "c": 0.13815,
    "h": 34.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.07526
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E2B13

secondary

#3BA8C2

accent

#CEF335

background

#FCF6F4

surface

#F8EBE7

border

#D1C6C3

text

#130703

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E2B13

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →