#8E2D18#8E2D18

#8E2D18 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.077; OKLCH L 44.1% C 0.135 H 33.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E2D18
RGB	rgb(142, 45, 24)
HSL	hsl(11, 71%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(11, 83%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.3%, 83.1%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.34, 39.96, 35.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.34, 53.15, 41.25°)
OKLab	oklab(44.06% 0.1125 0.0753)
OKLCH	oklch(44.06% 0.135 33.8)
XYZ	xyz(12.2600, 7.6953, 1.7038)
Luminance	0.0769 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8E2D18 #18798E

analogous

#8E183E #8E2D18 #8E6818

triadic

#8E2D18 #188E2D #2D188E

tetradic

#8E2D18 #3E8E18 #18798E #68188E

square

#8E2D18 #3E8E18 #18798E #68188E

split-complementary

#8E2D18 #188E68 #183E8E

monochromatic

#250C06 #5A1C0F #8E2D18 #C23E21 #DF5D41

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.27

#8E2D18 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.54

#8E2D18 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E2D18

8.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E2D18	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E2D18	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)

#494115

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#615614

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D0E29

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e2d18;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 45, 24);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.1% 0.135 33.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b76b57',
    500: '#8e2d18',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e2d18;
$custom-light: #b76b57;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e2d18",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 24
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.678,
    "s": 71.084,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44057,
    "c": 0.13536,
    "h": 33.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.07694
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E2D18

secondary

#42A9C0

accent

#CEEE3A

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8ECE9

border

#D1C7C5

text

#130703

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E2D18

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

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