#8E3417#8E3417

#8E3417 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.083; OKLCH L 45.0% C 0.129 H 37.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#8E3417
RGBrgb(142, 52, 23)
HSLhsl(15, 72%, 32%)
HSVhsv(15, 84%, 56%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 63.4%, 83.8%, 44.3%)
CIE-LABlab(34.54, 36.69, 36.70)
CIE-LCHlch(34.54, 51.90, 45.01°)
OKLaboklab(44.96% 0.1022 0.0785)
OKLCHoklch(44.96% 0.129 37.5)
XYZxyz(12.5394, 8.2704, 1.7465)
Luminance0.0827 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyred

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#8E3417 #17718E
analogous
#8E1735 #8E3417 #8E7017
triadic
#8E3417 #178E34 #34178E
tetradic
#8E3417 #358E17 #17718E #70178E
square
#8E3417 #358E17 #17718E #70178E
split-complementary
#8E3417 #178E70 #17358E
monochromatic
#250D06 #59210E #8E3417 #C34720 #E0673F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.91
#8E3417 on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.65
#8E3417 on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E3417
7.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##8E3417#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##8E34171.007.912.657.91
#FFFFFF7.911.0021.001.00
#0000002.6521.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF7.911.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#4E4513
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#645913
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#9D1D2E
Achromatopsia (no color)
#515151

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #8e3417;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 52, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.0% 0.129 37.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b76f57',
    500: '#8e3417',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #8e3417;
$custom-light: #b76f57;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#8e3417",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 52,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.622,
    "s": 72.121,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44958,
    "c": 0.12893,
    "h": 37.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.08269
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#8E3417
secondary
#40A1C0
accent
#C3EF39
background
#FCF6F5
surface
#F8ECE9
border
#D1C7C5
text
#130803
muted
#827B78

Preview Lab

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#8E3417 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva