#8E3420#8E3420

#8E3420 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.083; OKLCH L 45.1% C 0.127 H 34.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E3420
RGB	rgb(142, 52, 32)
HSL	hsl(11, 63%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(11, 77%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.4%, 77.5%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.63, 37.04, 31.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.63, 48.92, 40.79°)
OKLab	oklab(45.05% 0.105 0.071)
OKLCH	oklch(45.05% 0.127 34.1)
XYZ	xyz(12.6454, 8.3128, 2.3049)
Luminance	0.0831 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E3420 #207A8E

analogous

#8E2043 #8E3420 #8E6B20

triadic

#8E3420 #208E34 #34208E

tetradic

#8E3420 #438E20 #207A8E #6B208E

square

#8E3420 #438E20 #207A8E #6B208E

split-complementary

#8E3420 #208E6B #20438E

monochromatic

#2A0F09 #5C2215 #8E3420 #C0462B #D86951

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.89

#8E3420 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.66

#8E3420 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E3420

7.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E3420	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E3420	1.00	7.89	2.66	7.89
#FFFFFF	7.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.66	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4D451D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#63591D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C1E30

Achromatopsia (no color)

#515151

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e3420;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 52, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.1% 0.127 34.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b66f5c',
    500: '#8e3420',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e3420;
$custom-light: #b66f5c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e3420",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 52,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.909,
    "s": 63.218,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4505,
    "c": 0.12676,
    "h": 34.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.08311
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E3420

secondary

#4FA7BB

accent

#C8E642

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8ECE9

border

#D1C7C5

text

#130804

muted

#827B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E3420

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

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