#8E372B#8E372B

#8E372B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.087; OKLCH L 45.6% C 0.121 H 30.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#8E372B
RGBrgb(142, 55, 43)
HSLhsl(7, 54%, 36%)
HSVhsv(7, 70%, 56%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 61.3%, 69.7%, 44.3%)
CIE-LABlab(35.32, 36.14, 26.29)
CIE-LCHlch(35.32, 44.69, 36.04°)
OKLaboklab(45.62% 0.1045 0.061)
OKLCHoklch(45.62% 0.121 30.3)
XYZxyz(12.9588, 8.6593, 3.2741)
Luminance0.0866 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyred

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#8E372B #2B828E
analogous
#8E2B51 #8E372B #8E692B
triadic
#8E372B #2B8E37 #372B8E
tetradic
#8E372B #518E2B #2B828E #692B8E
square
#8E372B #518E2B #2B828E #692B8E
split-complementary
#8E372B #2B8E69 #2B518E
monochromatic
#30130F #5F251D #8E372B #BD4939 #D07163

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.69
#8E372B on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.73
#8E372B on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E372B
7.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##8E372B#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##8E372B1.007.692.737.69
#FFFFFF7.691.0021.001.00
#0000002.7321.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF7.691.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#4E4729
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#645A29
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#9C2435
Achromatopsia (no color)
#535353

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #8e372b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 55, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.6% 0.121 30.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b57164',
    500: '#8e372b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #8e372b;
$custom-light: #b57164;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#8e372b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.273,
    "s": 53.514,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45619,
    "c": 0.12097,
    "h": 30.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.08658
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#8E372B
secondary
#5FABB6
accent
#CBDD4B
background
#FBF7F6
surface
#F7EDEB
border
#D0C8C6
text
#120805
muted
#817B7A

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#8E372B Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva