#8E2B15#8E2B15

#8E2B15 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.075; OKLCH L 43.8% C 0.138 H 33.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E2B15
RGB	rgb(142, 43, 21)
HSL	hsl(11, 74%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(11, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.7%, 85.2%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.99, 40.73, 36.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.99, 54.55, 41.69°)
OKLab	oklab(43.79% 0.1144 0.0769)
OKLCH	oklch(43.79% 0.138 33.9)
XYZ	xyz(12.1560, 7.5345, 1.5236)
Luminance	0.0753 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E2B15 #15788E

analogous

#8E153C #8E2B15 #8E6815

triadic

#8E2B15 #158E2B #2B158E

tetradic

#8E2B15 #3C8E15 #15788E #68158E

square

#8E2B15 #3C8E15 #15788E #68158E

split-complementary

#8E2B15 #158E68 #153C8E

monochromatic

#230B05 #591B0D #8E2B15 #C33B1D #E25A3B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.38

#8E2B15 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.51

#8E2B15 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E2B15

8.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E2B15	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E2B15	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)

#484011

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#615610

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D0827

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e2b15;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 43, 21);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.8% 0.138 33.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b76a55',
    500: '#8e2b15',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e2b15;
$custom-light: #b76a55;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e2b15",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 21
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.909,
    "s": 74.233,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43789,
    "c": 0.13778,
    "h": 33.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.07533
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E2B15

secondary

#3DAAC2

accent

#CFF137

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130703

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E2B15

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

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