#8E2B14#8E2B14

#8E2B14 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.075; OKLCH L 43.8% C 0.138 H 34.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E2B14
RGB	rgb(142, 43, 20)
HSL	hsl(11, 75%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(11, 86%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.7%, 85.9%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.99, 40.70, 36.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.99, 54.86, 42.10°)
OKLab	oklab(43.78% 0.1141 0.0776)
OKLCH	oklch(43.78% 0.138 34.2)
XYZ	xyz(12.1469, 7.5309, 1.4757)
Luminance	0.0753 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E2B14 #14778E

analogous

#8E143A #8E2B14 #8E6814

triadic

#8E2B14 #148E2B #2B148E

tetradic

#8E2B14 #3A8E14 #14778E #68148E

square

#8E2B14 #3A8E14 #14778E #68148E

split-complementary

#8E2B14 #148E68 #143A8E

monochromatic

#230B05 #581B0C #8E2B14 #C43B1C #E35939

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.38

#8E2B14 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.51

#8E2B14 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E2B14

8.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E2B14	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E2B14	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)

#484010

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#61560F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D0827

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e2b14;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 43, 20);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.8% 0.138 34.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b76a54',
    500: '#8e2b14',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e2b14;
$custom-light: #b76a54;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e2b14",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 20
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.311,
    "s": 75.309,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4378,
    "c": 0.13796,
    "h": 34.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.07529
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E2B14

secondary

#3CA9C2

accent

#CEF236

background

#FCF6F4

surface

#F8EBE8

border

#D1C6C4

text

#130703

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E2B14

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

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