#8E2D15#8E2D15

#8E2D15 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.077; OKLCH L 44.0% C 0.136 H 34.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E2D15
RGB	rgb(142, 45, 21)
HSL	hsl(12, 74%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(12, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.3%, 85.2%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.31, 39.86, 36.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.31, 54.10, 42.53°)
OKLab	oklab(44.03% 0.1117 0.0775)
OKLCH	oklch(44.03% 0.136 34.8)
XYZ	xyz(12.2305, 7.6835, 1.5484)
Luminance	0.0768 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E2D15 #15768E

analogous

#8E153A #8E2D15 #8E6A15

triadic

#8E2D15 #158E2D #2D158E

tetradic

#8E2D15 #3A8E15 #15768E #6A158E

square

#8E2D15 #3A8E15 #15768E #6A158E

split-complementary

#8E2D15 #158E6A #153A8E

monochromatic

#230B05 #591C0D #8E2D15 #C33E1D #E25C3B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.28

#8E2D15 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.54

#8E2D15 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E2D15

8.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E2D15	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E2D15	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)

#494111

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#615610

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D0E29

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e2d15;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 45, 21);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.0% 0.136 34.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b76b55',
    500: '#8e2d15',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e2d15;
$custom-light: #b76b55;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e2d15",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 21
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.901,
    "s": 74.233,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4403,
    "c": 0.13593,
    "h": 34.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.07682
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E2D15

secondary

#3DA7C2

accent

#CCF137

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130703

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E2D15

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

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