#8E3522#8E3522

#8E3522 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.084; OKLCH L 45.2% C 0.125 H 33.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E3522
RGB	rgb(142, 53, 34)
HSL	hsl(11, 61%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(11, 76%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.7%, 76.1%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.83, 36.64, 31.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.83, 48.02, 40.27°)
OKLab	oklab(45.21% 0.1042 0.0695)
OKLCH	oklch(45.21% 0.125 33.7)
XYZ	xyz(12.7185, 8.4142, 2.4675)
Luminance	0.0841 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E3522 #227B8E

analogous

#8E2245 #8E3522 #8E6B22

triadic

#8E3522 #228E35 #35228E

tetradic

#8E3522 #458E22 #227B8E #6B228E

square

#8E3522 #458E22 #227B8E #6B228E

split-complementary

#8E3522 #228E6B #22458E

monochromatic

#2B100A #5D2316 #8E3522 #BF472E #D66B54

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.83

#8E3522 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.68

#8E3522 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E3522

7.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E3522	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E3522	1.00	7.83	2.68	7.83
#FFFFFF	7.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.68	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4E461F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#64591F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C2031

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e3522;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 53, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.2% 0.125 33.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b6705e',
    500: '#8e3522',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e3522;
$custom-light: #b6705e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e3522",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.556,
    "s": 61.364,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45212,
    "c": 0.12526,
    "h": 33.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.08412
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E3522

secondary

#52A8BA

accent

#C8E443

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8ECE9

border

#D1C7C5

text

#120804

muted

#817B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E3522

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

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