#8E3217#8E3217

#8E3217 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.081; OKLCH L 44.7% C 0.131 H 36.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#8E3217
RGBrgb(142, 50, 23)
HSLhsl(14, 72%, 32%)
HSVhsv(14, 84%, 56%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 64.8%, 83.8%, 44.3%)
CIE-LABlab(34.18, 37.65, 36.36)
CIE-LCHlch(34.18, 52.34, 44.01°)
OKLaboklab(44.69% 0.1052 0.0778)
OKLCHoklch(44.69% 0.131 36.5)
XYZxyz(12.4520, 8.0956, 1.7174)
Luminance0.0809 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyred

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#8E3217 #17738E
analogous
#8E1738 #8E3217 #8E6D17
triadic
#8E3217 #178E32 #32178E
tetradic
#8E3217 #388E17 #17738E #6D178E
square
#8E3217 #388E17 #17738E #6D178E
split-complementary
#8E3217 #178E6D #17388E
monochromatic
#250D06 #591F0E #8E3217 #C34520 #E0643F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.02
#8E3217 on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.62
#8E3217 on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E3217
8.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##8E3217#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##8E32171.008.022.628.02
#FFFFFF8.021.0021.001.00
#0000002.6221.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF8.021.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#4C4313
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#635813
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#9D192D
Achromatopsia (no color)
#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #8e3217;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 50, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.7% 0.131 36.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b76e56',
    500: '#8e3217',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #8e3217;
$custom-light: #b76e56;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#8e3217",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 50,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13.613,
    "s": 72.121,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44687,
    "c": 0.13082,
    "h": 36.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.08094
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#8E3217
secondary
#40A3C0
accent
#C6EF39
background
#FCF6F5
surface
#F8ECE9
border
#D1C7C5
text
#130703
muted
#827A78

Preview Lab

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#8E3217 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva