#8E3216#8E3216

#8E3216 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.081; OKLCH L 44.7% C 0.131 H 36.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#8E3216
RGBrgb(142, 50, 22)
HSLhsl(14, 73%, 32%)
HSVhsv(14, 85%, 56%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 64.8%, 84.5%, 44.3%)
CIE-LABlab(34.17, 37.61, 36.86)
CIE-LCHlch(34.17, 52.66, 44.42°)
OKLaboklab(44.68% 0.1049 0.0785)
OKLCHoklch(44.68% 0.131 36.8)
XYZxyz(12.4421, 8.0917, 1.6656)
Luminance0.0809 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyred

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#8E3216 #16728E
analogous
#8E1636 #8E3216 #8E6E16
triadic
#8E3216 #168E32 #32168E
tetradic
#8E3216 #368E16 #16728E #6E168E
square
#8E3216 #368E16 #16728E #6E168E
split-complementary
#8E3216 #168E6E #16368E
monochromatic
#240D06 #591F0E #8E3216 #C3451E #E1643D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.02
#8E3216 on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.62
#8E3216 on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E3216
8.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##8E3216#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##8E32161.008.022.628.02
#FFFFFF8.021.0021.001.00
#0000002.6221.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF8.021.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#4C4312
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#635812
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#9D192D
Achromatopsia (no color)
#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #8e3216;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 50, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.7% 0.131 36.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b76e56',
    500: '#8e3216',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #8e3216;
$custom-light: #b76e56;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#8e3216",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 50,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14,
    "s": 73.171,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44678,
    "c": 0.13105,
    "h": 36.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.0809
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#8E3216
secondary
#3FA3C1
accent
#C5F038
background
#FCF6F5
surface
#F8ECE9
border
#D1C7C5
text
#130703
muted
#827A78

Preview Lab

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#8E3216 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva