#8E2E15#8E2E15

#8E2E15 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.078; OKLCH L 44.2% C 0.135 H 35.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E2E15
RGB	rgb(142, 46, 21)
HSL	hsl(12, 74%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(12, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.6%, 85.2%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.48, 39.42, 36.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.48, 53.87, 42.97°)
OKLab	oklab(44.15% 0.1103 0.0779)
OKLCH	oklch(44.15% 0.135 35.2)
XYZ	xyz(12.2691, 7.7607, 1.5613)
Luminance	0.0776 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E2E15 #15758E

analogous

#8E1538 #8E2E15 #8E6B15

triadic

#8E2E15 #158E2E #2E158E

tetradic

#8E2E15 #388E15 #15758E #6B158E

square

#8E2E15 #388E15 #15758E #6B158E

split-complementary

#8E2E15 #158E6B #15388E

monochromatic

#230B05 #591D0D #8E2E15 #C33F1D #E25E3B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.23

#8E2E15 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.55

#8E2E15 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E2E15

8.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E2E15	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E2E15	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)

#4A4111

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#625710

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D1029

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e2e15;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 46, 21);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.2% 0.135 35.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b76c55',
    500: '#8e2e15',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e2e15;
$custom-light: #b76c55;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e2e15",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 21
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.397,
    "s": 74.233,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44153,
    "c": 0.13501,
    "h": 35.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.07759
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E2E15

secondary

#3DA6C2

accent

#CAF137

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8ECE9

border

#D1C7C5

text

#130703

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E2E15

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

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