#8E2C19#8E2C19

#8E2C19 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.076; OKLCH L 43.9% C 0.136 H 33.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E2C19
RGB	rgb(142, 44, 25)
HSL	hsl(10, 70%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(10, 82%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69%, 82.4%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.19, 40.43, 34.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.19, 53.06, 40.36°)
OKLab	oklab(43.95% 0.1142 0.0741)
OKLCH	oklch(43.95% 0.136 33)
XYZ	xyz(12.2329, 7.6242, 1.7470)
Luminance	0.0762 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E2C19 #197B8E

analogous

#8E1940 #8E2C19 #8E6719

triadic

#8E2C19 #198E2C #2C198E

tetradic

#8E2C19 #408E19 #197B8E #67198E

square

#8E2C19 #408E19 #197B8E #67198E

split-complementary

#8E2C19 #198E67 #19408E

monochromatic

#260C07 #5A1C10 #8E2C19 #C23C22 #DE5D43

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.32

#8E2C19 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.52

#8E2C19 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E2C19

8.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E2C19	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E2C19	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)

#494016

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#615615

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D0C28

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e2c19;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 44, 25);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.9% 0.136 33.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b76b57',
    500: '#8e2c19',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e2c19;
$custom-light: #b76b57;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e2c19",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 25
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.744,
    "s": 70.06,
    "l": 32.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43945,
    "c": 0.1361,
    "h": 33
  },
  "luminance": 0.07622
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E2C19

secondary

#44ABBF

accent

#D0ED3B

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130703

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E2C19

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

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