#8E3316#8E3316

#8E3316 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.082; OKLCH L 44.8% C 0.130 H 37.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E3316
RGB	rgb(142, 51, 22)
HSL	hsl(15, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(15, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.1%, 84.5%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.35, 37.14, 37.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.35, 52.44, 44.91°)
OKLab	oklab(44.81% 0.1035 0.0789)
OKLCH	oklch(44.81% 0.13 37.3)
XYZ	xyz(12.4854, 8.1782, 1.6800)
Luminance	0.0818 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E3316 #16718E

analogous

#8E1635 #8E3316 #8E6F16

triadic

#8E3316 #168E33 #33168E

tetradic

#8E3316 #358E16 #16718E #6F168E

square

#8E3316 #358E16 #16718E #6F168E

split-complementary

#8E3316 #168E6F #16358E

monochromatic

#240D06 #59200E #8E3316 #C3461E #E1653D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.97

#8E3316 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.64

#8E3316 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E3316

7.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E3316	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E3316	1.00	7.97	2.64	7.97
#FFFFFF	7.97	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.64	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.97	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4D4411

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#635812

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D1B2D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#515151

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e3316;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 51, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.8% 0.130 37.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b76f56',
    500: '#8e3316',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e3316;
$custom-light: #b76f56;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e3316",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 51,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.5,
    "s": 73.171,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44813,
    "c": 0.13011,
    "h": 37.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.08176
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E3316

secondary

#3FA2C1

accent

#C3F038

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8ECE9

border

#D1C7C5

text

#130703

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E3316

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

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