#8E2B19#8E2B19

#8E2B19 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.075; OKLCH L 43.8% C 0.137 H 32.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E2B19
RGB	rgb(142, 43, 25)
HSL	hsl(9, 70%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(9, 82%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.7%, 82.4%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.03, 40.86, 34.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.03, 53.29, 39.94°)
OKLab	oklab(43.83% 0.1155 0.0738)
OKLCH	oklch(43.83% 0.137 32.6)
XYZ	xyz(12.1961, 7.5506, 1.7347)
Luminance	0.0755 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E2B19 #197C8E

analogous

#8E1941 #8E2B19 #8E6619

triadic

#8E2B19 #198E2B #2B198E

tetradic

#8E2B19 #418E19 #197C8E #66198E

square

#8E2B19 #418E19 #197C8E #66198E

split-complementary

#8E2B19 #198E66 #19418E

monochromatic

#260B07 #5A1B10 #8E2B19 #C23B22 #DE5B43

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.37

#8E2B19 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.51

#8E2B19 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E2B19

8.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E2B19	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E2B19	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)

#484016

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#605615

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D0928

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e2b19;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 43, 25);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.8% 0.137 32.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b76a57',
    500: '#8e2b19',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e2b19;
$custom-light: #b76a57;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e2b19",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 25
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.231,
    "s": 70.06,
    "l": 32.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43826,
    "c": 0.13704,
    "h": 32.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.07549
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E2B19

secondary

#44ACBF

accent

#D1ED3B

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130703

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E2B19

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

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