#8E2C13#8E2C13

#8E2C13 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.076; OKLCH L 43.9% C 0.137 H 34.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E2C13
RGB	rgb(142, 44, 19)
HSL	hsl(12, 76%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(12, 87%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69%, 86.6%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.14, 40.25, 37.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.14, 54.94, 42.90°)
OKLab	oklab(43.89% 0.1125 0.0786)
OKLCH	oklch(43.89% 0.137 34.9)
XYZ	xyz(12.1750, 7.6010, 1.4420)
Luminance	0.0760 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8E2C13 #13758E

analogous

#8E1338 #8E2C13 #8E6A13

triadic

#8E2C13 #138E2C #2C138E

tetradic

#8E2C13 #388E13 #13758E #6A138E

square

#8E2C13 #388E13 #13758E #6A138E

split-complementary

#8E2C13 #138E6A #13388E

monochromatic

#220B05 #581B0C #8E2C13 #C43D1A #E45A37

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.33

#8E2C13 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.52

#8E2C13 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E2C13

8.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E2C13	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E2C13	1.00	8.33	2.52	8.33
#FFFFFF	8.33	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.33	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#49400F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#61560D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D0B27

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e2c13;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 44, 19);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.9% 0.137 34.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b76b54',
    500: '#8e2c13',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e2c13;
$custom-light: #b76b54;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e2c13",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 19
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.195,
    "s": 76.398,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43892,
    "c": 0.13723,
    "h": 34.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.07599
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E2C13

secondary

#3BA7C2

accent

#CCF335

background

#FCF6F4

surface

#F8EBE7

border

#D1C6C3

text

#130703

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E2C13

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

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