#8E2C15#8E2C15

#8E2C15 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.076; OKLCH L 43.9% C 0.137 H 34.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E2C15
RGB	rgb(142, 44, 21)
HSL	hsl(11, 74%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(11, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69%, 85.2%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.15, 40.30, 36.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.15, 54.32, 42.11°)
OKLab	oklab(43.91% 0.113 0.0772)
OKLCH	oklch(43.91% 0.137 34.3)
XYZ	xyz(12.1928, 7.6081, 1.5358)
Luminance	0.0761 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8E2C15 #15778E

analogous

#8E153B #8E2C15 #8E6915

triadic

#8E2C15 #158E2C #2C158E

tetradic

#8E2C15 #3B8E15 #15778E #69158E

square

#8E2C15 #3B8E15 #15778E #69158E

split-complementary

#8E2C15 #158E69 #153B8E

monochromatic

#230B05 #591B0D #8E2C15 #C33D1D #E25B3B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.33

#8E2C15 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.52

#8E2C15 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E2C15

8.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E2C15	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E2C15	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)

#494011

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#615610

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D0B28

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e2c15;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 44, 21);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.9% 0.137 34.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b76b55',
    500: '#8e2c15',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e2c15;
$custom-light: #b76b55;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e2c15",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 21
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.405,
    "s": 74.233,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43908,
    "c": 0.13686,
    "h": 34.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.07606
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E2C15

secondary

#3DA8C2

accent

#CEF137

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130703

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E2C15

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

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