#8E3019#8E3019

#8E3019 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.079; OKLCH L 44.4% C 0.132 H 34.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E3019
RGB	rgb(142, 48, 25)
HSL	hsl(12, 70%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(12, 82%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.2%, 82.4%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.85, 38.64, 35.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.85, 52.14, 42.18°)
OKLab	oklab(44.44% 0.1086 0.0755)
OKLCH	oklch(44.44% 0.132 34.8)
XYZ	xyz(12.3891, 7.9367, 1.7991)
Luminance	0.0794 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E3019 #19778E

analogous

#8E193C #8E3019 #8E6A19

triadic

#8E3019 #198E30 #30198E

tetradic

#8E3019 #3C8E19 #19778E #6A198E

square

#8E3019 #3C8E19 #19778E #6A198E

split-complementary

#8E3019 #198E6A #193C8E

monochromatic

#260D07 #5A1E10 #8E3019 #C24222 #DE6243

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.12

#8E3019 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.59

#8E3019 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E3019

8.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E3019	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E3019	1.00	8.12	2.59	8.12
#FFFFFF	8.12	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.59	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.12	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4B4215

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#625715

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D152C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e3019;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 48, 25);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.4% 0.132 34.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b76d58',
    500: '#8e3019',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e3019;
$custom-light: #b76d58;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e3019",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 48,
    "b": 25
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.795,
    "s": 70.06,
    "l": 32.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44443,
    "c": 0.13229,
    "h": 34.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.07935
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E3019

secondary

#44A7BF

accent

#CAED3B

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8ECE9

border

#D1C7C5

text

#130703

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E3019

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

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