#8E321B#8E321B

#8E321B is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.081; OKLCH L 44.7% C 0.130 H 35.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#8E321B
RGBrgb(142, 50, 27)
HSLhsl(12, 68%, 33%)
HSVhsv(12, 81%, 56%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 64.8%, 81%, 44.3%)
CIE-LABlab(34.22, 37.78, 34.30)
CIE-LCHlch(34.22, 51.03, 42.23°)
OKLaboklab(44.73% 0.1064 0.0746)
OKLCHoklch(44.73% 0.13 35.1)
XYZxyz(12.4951, 8.1129, 1.9447)
Luminance0.0811 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyred

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#8E321B #1B778E
analogous
#8E1B3D #8E321B #8E6B1B
triadic
#8E321B #1B8E32 #321B8E
tetradic
#8E321B #3D8E1B #1B778E #6B1B8E
square
#8E321B #3D8E1B #1B778E #6B1B8E
split-complementary
#8E321B #1B8E6B #1B3D8E
monochromatic
#270E07 #5B2011 #8E321B #C14425 #DC6547

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.01
#8E321B on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.62
#8E321B on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E321B
8.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##8E321B#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##8E321B1.008.012.628.01
#FFFFFF8.011.0021.001.00
#0000002.6221.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF8.011.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#4C4418
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#635817
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#9D1A2D
Achromatopsia (no color)
#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #8e321b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 50, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.7% 0.130 35.1);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b76e59',
    500: '#8e321b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #8e321b;
$custom-light: #b76e59;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#8e321b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 50,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12,
    "s": 68.047,
    "l": 33.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44725,
    "c": 0.12992,
    "h": 35.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.08111
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#8E321B
secondary
#47A6BE
accent
#C8EB3D
background
#FCF6F5
surface
#F8ECE9
border
#D1C7C5
text
#130703
muted
#827A78

Preview Lab

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#8E321B Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva