#8E3319#8E3319

#8E3319 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.082; OKLCH L 44.8% C 0.129 H 36.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E3319
RGB	rgb(142, 51, 25)
HSL	hsl(13, 70%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(13, 82%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.1%, 82.4%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.38, 37.24, 35.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.38, 51.46, 43.65°)
OKLab	oklab(44.84% 0.1043 0.0766)
OKLCH	oklch(44.84% 0.129 36.3)
XYZ	xyz(12.5160, 8.1904, 1.8414)
Luminance	0.0819 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E3319 #19748E

analogous

#8E193A #8E3319 #8E6D19

triadic

#8E3319 #198E33 #33198E

tetradic

#8E3319 #3A8E19 #19748E #6D198E

square

#8E3319 #3A8E19 #19748E #6D198E

split-complementary

#8E3319 #198E6D #193A8E

monochromatic

#260E07 #5A2010 #8E3319 #C24622 #DE6643

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.96

#8E3319 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.64

#8E3319 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E3319

7.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E3319	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E3319	1.00	7.96	2.64	7.96
#FFFFFF	7.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.64	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4D4415

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#635815

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D1B2E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#515151

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e3319;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 51, 25);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.8% 0.129 36.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b76f58',
    500: '#8e3319',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e3319;
$custom-light: #b76f58;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e3319",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 51,
    "b": 25
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13.333,
    "s": 70.06,
    "l": 32.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4484,
    "c": 0.12942,
    "h": 36.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.08189
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E3319

secondary

#44A4BF

accent

#C5ED3B

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8ECE9

border

#D1C7C5

text

#130703

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E3319

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

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