#8E3317#8E3317

#8E3317 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.082; OKLCH L 44.8% C 0.130 H 37.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E3317
RGB	rgb(142, 51, 23)
HSL	hsl(14, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(14, 84%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.1%, 83.8%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.36, 37.17, 36.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.36, 52.12, 44.50°)
OKLab	oklab(44.82% 0.1037 0.0782)
OKLCH	oklch(44.82% 0.13 37)
XYZ	xyz(12.4952, 8.1821, 1.7318)
Luminance	0.0818 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E3317 #17728E

analogous

#8E1736 #8E3317 #8E6F17

triadic

#8E3317 #178E33 #33178E

tetradic

#8E3317 #368E17 #17728E #6F178E

square

#8E3317 #368E17 #17728E #6F178E

split-complementary

#8E3317 #178E6F #17368E

monochromatic

#250D06 #59200E #8E3317 #C34620 #E0653F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.97

#8E3317 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.64

#8E3317 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E3317

7.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E3317	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E3317	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)

#4D4413

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#635813

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D1B2D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#515151

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e3317;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 51, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.8% 0.130 37.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b76f56',
    500: '#8e3317',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e3317;
$custom-light: #b76f56;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e3317",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 51,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.118,
    "s": 72.121,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44821,
    "c": 0.12988,
    "h": 37
  },
  "luminance": 0.0818
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E3317

secondary

#40A2C0

accent

#C4EF39

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8ECE9

border

#D1C7C5

text

#130703

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E3317

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

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