#8E2B17#8E2B17

#8E2B17 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.075; OKLCH L 43.8% C 0.137 H 33.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E2B17
RGB	rgb(142, 43, 23)
HSL	hsl(10, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(10, 84%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.7%, 83.8%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.01, 40.80, 35.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.01, 53.92, 40.84°)
OKLab	oklab(43.81% 0.1149 0.0754)
OKLCH	oklch(43.81% 0.137 33.3)
XYZ	xyz(12.1753, 7.5422, 1.6251)
Luminance	0.0754 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E2B17 #177A8E

analogous

#8E173F #8E2B17 #8E6717

triadic

#8E2B17 #178E2B #2B178E

tetradic

#8E2B17 #3F8E17 #177A8E #67178E

square

#8E2B17 #3F8E17 #177A8E #67178E

split-complementary

#8E2B17 #178E67 #173F8E

monochromatic

#250B06 #591B0E #8E2B17 #C33B20 #E05A3F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.37

#8E2B17 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.51

#8E2B17 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E2B17

8.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E2B17	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E2B17	1.00	8.37	2.51	8.37
#FFFFFF	8.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#484014

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#605612

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D0827

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e2b17;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 43, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.8% 0.137 33.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b76a56',
    500: '#8e2b17',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e2b17;
$custom-light: #b76a56;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e2b17",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.084,
    "s": 72.121,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43806,
    "c": 0.13741,
    "h": 33.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.0754
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E2B17

secondary

#40ABC0

accent

#D0EF39

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130703

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E2B17

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

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