#8E2D17#8E2D17

#8E2D17 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.077; OKLCH L 44.0% C 0.136 H 34.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E2D17
RGB	rgb(142, 45, 23)
HSL	hsl(11, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(11, 84%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.3%, 83.8%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.33, 39.93, 35.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.33, 53.47, 41.69°)
OKLab	oklab(44.05% 0.1122 0.076)
OKLCH	oklch(44.05% 0.136 34.1)
XYZ	xyz(12.2498, 7.6912, 1.6500)
Luminance	0.0769 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E2D17 #17788E

analogous

#8E173D #8E2D17 #8E6817

triadic

#8E2D17 #178E2D #2D178E

tetradic

#8E2D17 #3D8E17 #17788E #68178E

square

#8E2D17 #3D8E17 #17788E #68178E

split-complementary

#8E2D17 #178E68 #173D8E

monochromatic

#250C06 #591C0E #8E2D17 #C33E20 #E05D3F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.27

#8E2D17 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.54

#8E2D17 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E2D17

8.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E2D17	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E2D17	1.00	8.27	2.54	8.27
#FFFFFF	8.27	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.27	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#494113

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#615612

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D0E29

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e2d17;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 45, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.0% 0.136 34.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b76b56',
    500: '#8e2d17',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e2d17;
$custom-light: #b76b56;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e2d17",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.092,
    "s": 72.121,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44047,
    "c": 0.13554,
    "h": 34.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.07689
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E2D17

secondary

#40A9C0

accent

#CDEF39

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8ECE9

border

#D1C7C5

text

#130703

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E2D17

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

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