#8E2B18#8E2B18

#8E2B18 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.075; OKLCH L 43.8% C 0.137 H 32.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E2B18
RGB	rgb(142, 43, 24)
HSL	hsl(10, 71%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(10, 83%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.7%, 83.1%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.02, 40.83, 34.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.02, 53.61, 40.39°)
OKLab	oklab(43.82% 0.1152 0.0746)
OKLCH	oklch(43.82% 0.137 32.9)
XYZ	xyz(12.1855, 7.5463, 1.6789)
Luminance	0.0754 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E2B18 #187B8E

analogous

#8E1840 #8E2B18 #8E6618

triadic

#8E2B18 #188E2B #2B188E

tetradic

#8E2B18 #408E18 #187B8E #66188E

square

#8E2B18 #408E18 #187B8E #66188E

split-complementary

#8E2B18 #188E66 #18408E

monochromatic

#250B06 #5A1B0F #8E2B18 #C23B21 #DF5B41

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.37

#8E2B18 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.51

#8E2B18 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E2B18

8.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E2B18	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E2B18	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)

#484015

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#605613

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D0928

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e2b18;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 43, 24);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.8% 0.137 32.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b76a57',
    500: '#8e2b18',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e2b18;
$custom-light: #b76a57;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e2b18",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 24
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.661,
    "s": 71.084,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43816,
    "c": 0.13723,
    "h": 32.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.07544
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E2B18

secondary

#42ABC0

accent

#D1EE3A

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130703

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E2B18

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