#8E321E#8E321E

#8E321E is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.081; OKLCH L 44.8% C 0.129 H 33.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#8E321E
RGBrgb(142, 50, 30)
HSLhsl(11, 65%, 34%)
HSVhsv(11, 79%, 56%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 64.8%, 78.9%, 44.3%)
CIE-LABlab(34.25, 37.90, 32.69)
CIE-LCHlch(34.25, 50.05, 40.77°)
OKLaboklab(44.76% 0.1073 0.072)
OKLCHoklch(44.76% 0.129 33.9)
XYZxyz(12.5316, 8.1275, 2.1369)
Luminance0.0813 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyred

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#8E321E #1E7A8E
analogous
#8E1E42 #8E321E #8E6A1E
triadic
#8E321E #1E8E32 #321E8E
tetradic
#8E321E #428E1E #1E7A8E #6A1E8E
square
#8E321E #428E1E #1E7A8E #6A1E8E
split-complementary
#8E321E #1E8E6A #1E428E
monochromatic
#290E09 #5B2013 #8E321E #C14429 #D9664D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.00
#8E321E on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.63
#8E321E on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E321E
8.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##8E321E#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##8E321E1.008.002.638.00
#FFFFFF8.001.0021.001.00
#0000002.6321.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF8.001.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#4C441B
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#63581B
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#9D1A2E
Achromatopsia (no color)
#515151

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #8e321e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 50, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.8% 0.129 33.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b66e5b',
    500: '#8e321e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #8e321e;
$custom-light: #b66e5b;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#8e321e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 50,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.714,
    "s": 65.116,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44757,
    "c": 0.12923,
    "h": 33.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.08126
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#8E321E
secondary
#4CA8BC
accent
#CAE840
background
#FCF6F5
surface
#F8ECE9
border
#D1C7C5
text
#130704
muted
#827A79

Preview Lab

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#8E321E Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva