#8E2D16#8E2D16

#8E2D16 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.077; OKLCH L 44.0% C 0.136 H 34.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E2D16
RGB	rgb(142, 45, 22)
HSL	hsl(12, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(12, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.3%, 84.5%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.32, 39.89, 36.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.32, 53.78, 42.12°)
OKLab	oklab(44.04% 0.1119 0.0768)
OKLCH	oklch(44.04% 0.136 34.4)
XYZ	xyz(12.2399, 7.6873, 1.5982)
Luminance	0.0769 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E2D16 #16778E

analogous

#8E163B #8E2D16 #8E6916

triadic

#8E2D16 #168E2D #2D168E

tetradic

#8E2D16 #3B8E16 #16778E #69168E

square

#8E2D16 #3B8E16 #16778E #69168E

split-complementary

#8E2D16 #168E69 #163B8E

monochromatic

#240B06 #591C0E #8E2D16 #C33E1E #E15D3D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.28

#8E2D16 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.54

#8E2D16 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E2D16

8.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E2D16	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E2D16	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)

#494112

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#615611

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D0E29

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e2d16;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 45, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.0% 0.136 34.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b76b55',
    500: '#8e2d16',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e2d16;
$custom-light: #b76b55;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e2d16",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.5,
    "s": 73.171,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44038,
    "c": 0.13574,
    "h": 34.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.07685
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E2D16

secondary

#3FA8C1

accent

#CDF038

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8ECE9

border

#D1C7C5

text

#130703

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E2D16

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

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