#8E2E17#8E2E17

#8E2E17 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.078; OKLCH L 44.2% C 0.135 H 34.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E2E17
RGB	rgb(142, 46, 23)
HSL	hsl(12, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(12, 84%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.6%, 83.8%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.50, 39.48, 35.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.50, 53.24, 42.13°)
OKLab	oklab(44.17% 0.1109 0.0764)
OKLCH	oklch(44.17% 0.135 34.6)
XYZ	xyz(12.2884, 7.7685, 1.6629)
Luminance	0.0777 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8E2E17 #17778E

analogous

#8E173B #8E2E17 #8E6A17

triadic

#8E2E17 #178E2E #2E178E

tetradic

#8E2E17 #3B8E17 #17778E #6A178E

square

#8E2E17 #3B8E17 #17778E #6A178E

split-complementary

#8E2E17 #178E6A #173B8E

monochromatic

#250C06 #591D0E #8E2E17 #C33F20 #E05E3F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.22

#8E2E17 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.55

#8E2E17 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E2E17

8.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E2E17	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E2E17	1.00	8.22	2.55	8.22
#FFFFFF	8.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4A4113

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#625712

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D112A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e2e17;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 46, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.2% 0.135 34.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b76c56',
    500: '#8e2e17',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e2e17;
$custom-light: #b76c56;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e2e17",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.597,
    "s": 72.121,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44171,
    "c": 0.13461,
    "h": 34.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.07767
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E2E17

secondary

#40A8C0

accent

#CCEF39

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8ECE9

border

#D1C7C5

text

#130703

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E2E17

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

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