#8E2C18#8E2C18

#8E2C18 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.076; OKLCH L 43.9% C 0.136 H 33.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E2C18
RGB	rgb(142, 44, 24)
HSL	hsl(10, 71%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(10, 83%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69%, 83.1%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.18, 40.40, 34.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.18, 53.38, 40.82°)
OKLab	oklab(43.94% 0.1139 0.0749)
OKLCH	oklch(43.94% 0.136 33.3)
XYZ	xyz(12.2223, 7.6199, 1.6912)
Luminance	0.0762 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E2C18 #187A8E

analogous

#8E183F #8E2C18 #8E6718

triadic

#8E2C18 #188E2C #2C188E

tetradic

#8E2C18 #3F8E18 #187A8E #67188E

square

#8E2C18 #3F8E18 #187A8E #67188E

split-complementary

#8E2C18 #188E67 #183F8E

monochromatic

#250C06 #5A1C0F #8E2C18 #C23C21 #DF5C41

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.32

#8E2C18 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.52

#8E2C18 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E2C18

8.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E2C18	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E2C18	1.00	8.32	2.52	8.32
#FFFFFF	8.32	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.32	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#494015

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#615613

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D0C28

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e2c18;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 44, 24);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.9% 0.136 33.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b76b57',
    500: '#8e2c18',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e2c18;
$custom-light: #b76b57;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e2c18",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 24
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.169,
    "s": 71.084,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43935,
    "c": 0.13629,
    "h": 33.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.07618
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E2C18

secondary

#42AAC0

accent

#CFEE3A

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130703

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E2C18

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

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