#8E2D14#8E2D14

#8E2D14 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.077; OKLCH L 44.0% C 0.136 H 35.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E2D14
RGB	rgb(142, 45, 20)
HSL	hsl(12, 75%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(12, 86%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.3%, 85.9%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.31, 39.84, 37.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.31, 54.41, 42.93°)
OKLab	oklab(44.02% 0.1114 0.0782)
OKLCH	oklch(44.02% 0.136 35.1)
XYZ	xyz(12.2214, 7.6799, 1.5005)
Luminance	0.0768 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8E2D14 #14758E

analogous

#8E1438 #8E2D14 #8E6A14

triadic

#8E2D14 #148E2D #2D148E

tetradic

#8E2D14 #388E14 #14758E #6A148E

square

#8E2D14 #388E14 #14758E #6A148E

split-complementary

#8E2D14 #148E6A #14388E

monochromatic

#230B05 #581C0C #8E2D14 #C43E1C #E35C39

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.28

#8E2D14 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.54

#8E2D14 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E2D14

8.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E2D14	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E2D14	1.00	8.28	2.54	8.28
#FFFFFF	8.28	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.28	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#494110

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#61560F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D0E28

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e2d14;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 45, 20);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.0% 0.136 35.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b76b54',
    500: '#8e2d14',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e2d14;
$custom-light: #b76b54;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e2d14",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 20
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.295,
    "s": 75.309,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44021,
    "c": 0.13613,
    "h": 35.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.07678
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E2D14

secondary

#3CA6C2

accent

#CBF236

background

#FCF6F4

surface

#F8EBE8

border

#D1C6C4

text

#130703

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E2D14

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

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