#8E2B16#8E2B16

#8E2B16 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.075; OKLCH L 43.8% C 0.138 H 33.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E2B16
RGB	rgb(142, 43, 22)
HSL	hsl(11, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(11, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.7%, 84.5%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.00, 40.76, 35.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.00, 54.23, 41.27°)
OKLab	oklab(43.8% 0.1146 0.0761)
OKLCH	oklch(43.8% 0.138 33.6)
XYZ	xyz(12.1654, 7.5383, 1.5734)
Luminance	0.0754 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E2B16 #16798E

analogous

#8E163D #8E2B16 #8E6716

triadic

#8E2B16 #168E2B #2B168E

tetradic

#8E2B16 #3D8E16 #16798E #67168E

square

#8E2B16 #3D8E16 #16798E #67168E

split-complementary

#8E2B16 #168E67 #163D8E

monochromatic

#240B06 #591B0E #8E2B16 #C33B1E #E15A3D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.38

#8E2B16 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.51

#8E2B16 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E2B16

8.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E2B16	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E2B16	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)

#484012

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#615611

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D0827

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e2b16;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 43, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.8% 0.138 33.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b76a55',
    500: '#8e2b16',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e2b16;
$custom-light: #b76a55;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e2b16",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.5,
    "s": 73.171,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43797,
    "c": 0.1376,
    "h": 33.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.07536
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E2B16

secondary

#3FAAC1

accent

#D0F038

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130703

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E2B16

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

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