#8E2C16#8E2C16

#8E2C16 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.076; OKLCH L 43.9% C 0.137 H 34.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E2C16
RGB	rgb(142, 44, 22)
HSL	hsl(11, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(11, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69%, 84.5%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.16, 40.33, 35.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.16, 54.01, 41.69°)
OKLab	oklab(43.92% 0.1133 0.0764)
OKLCH	oklch(43.92% 0.137 34)
XYZ	xyz(12.2022, 7.6119, 1.5856)
Luminance	0.0761 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E2C16 #16788E

analogous

#8E163C #8E2C16 #8E6816

triadic

#8E2C16 #168E2C #2C168E

tetradic

#8E2C16 #3C8E16 #16788E #68168E

square

#8E2C16 #3C8E16 #16788E #68168E

split-complementary

#8E2C16 #168E68 #163C8E

monochromatic

#240B06 #591C0E #8E2C16 #C33C1E #E15B3D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.33

#8E2C16 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.52

#8E2C16 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E2C16

8.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E2C16	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E2C16	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)

#494012

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#615611

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D0B28

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e2c16;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 44, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.9% 0.137 34.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b76b55',
    500: '#8e2c16',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e2c16;
$custom-light: #b76b55;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e2c16",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11,
    "s": 73.171,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43917,
    "c": 0.13667,
    "h": 34
  },
  "luminance": 0.0761
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E2C16

secondary

#3FA9C1

accent

#CEF038

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130703

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E2C16

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

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