#8E423F#8E423F

#8E423F is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.100; OKLCH L 47.6% C 0.104 H 24.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E423F
RGB	rgb(142, 66, 63)
HSL	hsl(2, 39%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(2, 56%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 53.5%, 55.6%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.86, 31.93, 17.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.86, 36.26, 28.30°)
OKLab	oklab(47.65% 0.0949 0.0424)
OKLCH	oklch(47.65% 0.104 24.1)
XYZ	xyz(14.0018, 10.0077, 5.8960)
Luminance	0.1001 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E423F #3F8B8E

analogous

#8E3F64 #8E423F #8E693F

triadic

#8E423F #3F8E42 #423F8E

tetradic

#8E423F #648E3F #3F8B8E #693F8E

square

#8E423F #648E3F #3F8B8E #693F8E

split-complementary

#8E423F #3F8E69 #3F648E

monochromatic

#391B19 #642E2C #8E423F #B45A56 #C78381

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.00

#8E423F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

3.00

#8E423F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E423F

7.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E423F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E423F	1.00	7.00	3.00	7.00
#FFFFFF	7.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.00	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#544F3E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#675F3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B3642

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e423f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 66, 63);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.6% 0.104 24.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b37874',
    500: '#8e423f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e423f;
$custom-light: #b37874;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e423f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 63
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.278,
    "s": 38.537,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47649,
    "c": 0.10399,
    "h": 24.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.10006
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E423F

secondary

#78AFB1

accent

#CACE59

background

#FBF7F7

surface

#F6EDED

border

#D0C8C8

text

#120908

muted

#817B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E423F

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

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