#8E2C12#8E2C12

#8E2C12 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.076; OKLCH L 43.9% C 0.137 H 35.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E2C12
RGB	rgb(142, 44, 18)
HSL	hsl(13, 78%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(13, 87%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69%, 87.3%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.13, 40.22, 37.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.13, 55.25, 43.28°)
OKLab	oklab(43.88% 0.1123 0.0792)
OKLCH	oklch(43.88% 0.137 35.2)
XYZ	xyz(12.1666, 7.5977, 1.3980)
Luminance	0.0760 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E2C12 #12748E

analogous

#8E1236 #8E2C12 #8E6A12

triadic

#8E2C12 #128E2C #2C128E

tetradic

#8E2C12 #368E12 #12748E #6A128E

square

#8E2C12 #368E12 #12748E #6A128E

split-complementary

#8E2C12 #128E6A #12368E

monochromatic

#210A04 #581B0B #8E2C12 #C43D19 #E55A35

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.34

#8E2C12 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.52

#8E2C12 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E2C12

8.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E2C12	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E2C12	1.00	8.34	2.52	8.34
#FFFFFF	8.34	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.34	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#49400D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#61560C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D0A27

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e2c12;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 44, 18);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.9% 0.137 35.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b76b53',
    500: '#8e2c12',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e2c12;
$custom-light: #b76b53;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e2c12",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 18
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.581,
    "s": 77.5,
    "l": 31.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43884,
    "c": 0.13741,
    "h": 35.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.07596
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E2C12

secondary

#3AA6C2

accent

#CCF434

background

#FCF6F4

surface

#F8EBE7

border

#D1C6C3

text

#130702

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E2C12

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

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