#8E2F18#8E2F18

#8E2F18 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.079; OKLCH L 44.3% C 0.133 H 34.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E2F18
RGB	rgb(142, 47, 24)
HSL	hsl(12, 71%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(12, 83%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.9%, 83.1%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.67, 39.06, 35.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.67, 52.69, 42.15°)
OKLab	oklab(44.31% 0.1097 0.076)
OKLCH	oklch(44.31% 0.133 34.7)
XYZ	xyz(12.3381, 7.8516, 1.7298)
Luminance	0.0785 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E2F18 #18778E

analogous

#8E183C #8E2F18 #8E6A18

triadic

#8E2F18 #188E2F #2F188E

tetradic

#8E2F18 #3C8E18 #18778E #6A188E

square

#8E2F18 #3C8E18 #18778E #6A188E

split-complementary

#8E2F18 #188E6A #183C8E

monochromatic

#250C06 #5A1E0F #8E2F18 #C24021 #DF6041

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.17

#8E2F18 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.57

#8E2F18 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E2F18

8.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E2F18	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E2F18	1.00	8.17	2.57	8.17
#FFFFFF	8.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4A4214

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#625714

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D132B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e2f18;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 47, 24);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.3% 0.133 34.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b76c57',
    500: '#8e2f18',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e2f18;
$custom-light: #b76c57;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e2f18",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 47,
    "b": 24
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.695,
    "s": 71.084,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44306,
    "c": 0.13346,
    "h": 34.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.0785
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E2F18

secondary

#42A7C0

accent

#CBEE3A

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8ECE9

border

#D1C7C5

text

#130703

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E2F18

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

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