#8E2E14#8E2E14

#8E2E14 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.078; OKLCH L 44.1% C 0.135 H 35.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E2E14
RGB	rgb(142, 46, 20)
HSL	hsl(13, 75%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(13, 86%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.6%, 85.9%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.47, 39.39, 37.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.47, 54.19, 43.37°)
OKLab	oklab(44.15% 0.11 0.0786)
OKLCH	oklch(44.15% 0.135 35.5)
XYZ	xyz(12.2600, 7.7571, 1.5134)
Luminance	0.0775 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E2E14 #14748E

analogous

#8E1437 #8E2E14 #8E6B14

triadic

#8E2E14 #148E2E #2E148E

tetradic

#8E2E14 #378E14 #14748E #6B148E

square

#8E2E14 #378E14 #14748E #6B148E

split-complementary

#8E2E14 #148E6B #14378E

monochromatic

#230B05 #581D0C #8E2E14 #C43F1C #E35D39

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.23

#8E2E14 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.55

#8E2E14 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E2E14

8.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E2E14	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E2E14	1.00	8.23	2.55	8.23
#FFFFFF	8.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4A4110

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#62570F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D1029

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e2e14;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 46, 20);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.1% 0.135 35.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b76c54',
    500: '#8e2e14',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e2e14;
$custom-light: #b76c54;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e2e14",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 20
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.787,
    "s": 75.309,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44145,
    "c": 0.1352,
    "h": 35.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.07755
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E2E14

secondary

#3CA5C2

accent

#CAF236

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8ECE8

border

#D1C7C4

text

#130703

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E2E14

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

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