#8E3218#8E3218

#8E3218 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.081; OKLCH L 44.7% C 0.131 H 36.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E3218
RGB	rgb(142, 50, 24)
HSL	hsl(13, 71%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(13, 83%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.8%, 83.1%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.19, 37.68, 35.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.19, 52.01, 43.58°)
OKLab	oklab(44.7% 0.1055 0.077)
OKLCH	oklch(44.7% 0.131 36.1)
XYZ	xyz(12.4622, 8.0997, 1.7712)
Luminance	0.0810 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E3218 #18748E

analogous

#8E1839 #8E3218 #8E6D18

triadic

#8E3218 #188E32 #32188E

tetradic

#8E3218 #398E18 #18748E #6D188E

square

#8E3218 #398E18 #18748E #6D188E

split-complementary

#8E3218 #188E6D #18398E

monochromatic

#250D06 #5A200F #8E3218 #C24421 #DF6441

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.02

#8E3218 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.62

#8E3218 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E3218

8.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E3218	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E3218	1.00	8.02	2.62	8.02
#FFFFFF	8.02	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.62	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.02	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4C4314

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#635814

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D192D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e3218;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 50, 24);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.7% 0.131 36.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b76e57',
    500: '#8e3218',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e3218;
$custom-light: #b76e57;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e3218",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 50,
    "b": 24
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13.22,
    "s": 71.084,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44696,
    "c": 0.1306,
    "h": 36.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.08098
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E3218

secondary

#42A4C0

accent

#C6EE3A

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8ECE9

border

#D1C7C5

text

#130703

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E3218

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

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