#8E2E19#8E2E19

#8E2E19 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.078; OKLCH L 44.2% C 0.134 H 33.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E2E19
RGB	rgb(142, 46, 25)
HSL	hsl(11, 70%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(11, 82%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.6%, 82.4%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.51, 39.55, 34.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.51, 52.60, 41.25°)
OKLab	oklab(44.19% 0.1114 0.0748)
OKLCH	oklch(44.19% 0.134 33.9)
XYZ	xyz(12.3092, 7.7768, 1.7724)
Luminance	0.0777 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8E2E19 #19798E

analogous

#8E193F #8E2E19 #8E6819

triadic

#8E2E19 #198E2E #2E198E

tetradic

#8E2E19 #3F8E19 #19798E #68198E

square

#8E2E19 #3F8E19 #19798E #68198E

split-complementary

#8E2E19 #198E68 #193F8E

monochromatic

#260C07 #5A1D10 #8E2E19 #C23F22 #DE5F43

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.22

#8E2E19 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.55

#8E2E19 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E2E19

8.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E2E19	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E2E19	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)

#4A4116

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#615715

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D112A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e2e19;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 46, 25);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.2% 0.134 33.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b76c57',
    500: '#8e2e19',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e2e19;
$custom-light: #b76c57;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e2e19",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 25
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.769,
    "s": 70.06,
    "l": 32.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4419,
    "c": 0.13421,
    "h": 33.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.07775
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E2E19

secondary

#44A9BF

accent

#CDED3B

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8ECE9

border

#D1C7C5

text

#130703

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E2E19

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

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