#8E372A#8E372A

#8E372A is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.086; OKLCH L 45.6% C 0.121 H 30.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#8E372A
RGBrgb(142, 55, 42)
HSLhsl(8, 54%, 36%)
HSVhsv(8, 70%, 56%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 61.3%, 70.4%, 44.3%)
CIE-LABlab(35.31, 36.08, 26.88)
CIE-LCHlch(35.31, 44.99, 36.68°)
OKLaboklab(45.6% 0.1041 0.0621)
OKLCHoklch(45.6% 0.121 30.8)
XYZxyz(12.9407, 8.6521, 3.1786)
Luminance0.0865 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyred

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#8E372A #2A818E
analogous
#8E2A4F #8E372A #8E692A
triadic
#8E372A #2A8E37 #372A8E
tetradic
#8E372A #4F8E2A #2A818E #692A8E
square
#8E372A #4F8E2A #2A818E #692A8E
split-complementary
#8E372A #2A8E69 #2A4F8E
monochromatic
#30120E #5F251C #8E372A #BD4938 #D17062

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.69
#8E372A on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.73
#8E372A on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E372A
7.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##8E372A#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##8E372A1.007.692.737.69
#FFFFFF7.691.0021.001.00
#0000002.7321.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF7.691.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#4E4728
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#645A28
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#9C2434
Achromatopsia (no color)
#535353

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #8e372a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 55, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.6% 0.121 30.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b57164',
    500: '#8e372a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #8e372a;
$custom-light: #b57164;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#8e372a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.8,
    "s": 54.348,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45603,
    "c": 0.1212,
    "h": 30.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.0865
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#8E372A
secondary
#5DABB6
accent
#CBDE4A
background
#FBF7F6
surface
#F7EDEB
border
#D0C8C6
text
#120805
muted
#817B7A

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#8E372A Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva