#8E2F19#8E2F19

#8E2F19 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.079; OKLCH L 44.3% C 0.133 H 34.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E2F19
RGB	rgb(142, 47, 25)
HSL	hsl(11, 70%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(11, 82%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.9%, 82.4%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.68, 39.10, 34.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.68, 52.37, 41.71°)
OKLab	oklab(44.32% 0.11 0.0752)
OKLCH	oklch(44.32% 0.133 34.3)
XYZ	xyz(12.3487, 7.8558, 1.7856)
Luminance	0.0785 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E2F19 #19788E

analogous

#8E193D #8E2F19 #8E6919

triadic

#8E2F19 #198E2F #2F198E

tetradic

#8E2F19 #3D8E19 #19788E #69198E

square

#8E2F19 #3D8E19 #19788E #69198E

split-complementary

#8E2F19 #198E69 #193D8E

monochromatic

#260D07 #5A1E10 #8E2F19 #C24022 #DE6043

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.17

#8E2F19 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.57

#8E2F19 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E2F19

8.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E2F19	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E2F19	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)

#4A4216

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#625715

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D132B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e2f19;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 47, 25);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.3% 0.133 34.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b76c57',
    500: '#8e2f19',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e2f19;
$custom-light: #b76c57;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e2f19",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 47,
    "b": 25
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.282,
    "s": 70.06,
    "l": 32.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44316,
    "c": 0.13324,
    "h": 34.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.07854
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E2F19

secondary

#44A8BF

accent

#CBED3B

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8ECE9

border

#D1C7C5

text

#130703

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E2F19

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