Brick Red #8F1402

Brick Red (#8F1402) is a dark, saturated red with an OKLCH hue of 31°, lightness 0.42 and chroma 0.159. It sits on the warm side of the color wheel. In practice it behaves as an accent color: strong in focal moments, dominant over large fields.

Color values

HEX#8F1402
RGBrgb(143, 20, 2)
HSLhsl(8, 97%, 28%)
HSVhsv(8, 99%, 56%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 86%, 99%, 44%)
CIE Lablab(30.3 48.5 42.6)
OKLCHoklch(0.418 0.159 31)

How Brick Red behaves under real light

Under warm 2700K interior light Brick Red is virtually unchanged; in north-facing or shaded light it is virtually unchanged. Overall drift across common illuminants is small (max ΔE ≈ 0.5), so it is a lighting-stable choice.

Contrast & accessibility

Against white it measures 9.26:1 and against black 2.27:1, so white text is the stronger pairing. That pairing passes WCAG AA for body text. Avoid black text on this color entirely.

Palettes built from Brick Red

Tonal

One color explored: close hues with real lightness and chroma structure, so the palette is the anchor through value rather than a set of colors.

#de806f · #bb5443 · #8f1402 · #660700 · #340000 · #0b0000

Analogous

The anchor's neighbours on the wheel — everything shares an undertone, so the chord carries color without anything having to be muted to get along.

#9e5b00 · #963f00 · #8f1402 · #760022 · #58002b · #3d002b

Shifted

The mid-gap pairing — sage and mustard, terracotta and olive. A foil rotated 40–65° toward warm or cool: too far to be kin, too near to argue, carried by temperature and a deliberate value offset.

#be9f62 · #aa7d00 · #7e642e · #8f1402 · #630600 · #3a0000

Contrast

One deliberately opposed voice — a single restrained counterpoint across the wheel, or temperature against temperature where the anchor is too muted to carry a loud opposite.

#00dcf9 · #b7796e · #84615a · #8f1402 · #531a11 · #2a0905

Quiet Support

The anchor as the only color in the room. True neutrals or complement-warmed near-neutrals let it stay dominant.

#e2f6fa · #bca29d · #5a686b · #8f1402 · #462d29 · #000406

Bright Accent

This color as a ground rather than a subject — its own restraint held across a narrow value band, carrying one saturated voice from the opposite temperature.

#e7f5f8 · #bdcdd1 · #8fa2a6 · #102a2f · #00080b · #8f1402

Complementary

The opposite hue on the perceptual wheel, tempered to field strength — warm/cool tension without vibration.

#d9f9ff · #05bdd6 · #007282 · #8f1402 · #003c46 · #080000

Split-complementary

The complement's two neighbours instead of the complement itself — strong contrast with a lower clash risk.

#cfe1be · #9cc1e2 · #508480 · #536557 · #8f1402 · #160b03

Triadic

Three hues spaced evenly around the wheel; the anchor leads and the other two are held at supporting strength.

#dbfce2 · #66c080 · #475abf · #8f1402 · #1f2878 · #000200

Tetradic

Two complementary pairs offset by 90° — the richest chord, kept usable by a strict lightness hierarchy.

#ecf7d4 · #9cb554 · #007282 · #8f1402 · #421a6d · #000305

Tints, shades & muted variants

Tints

#A7402F · #BE6352 · #D48475 · #E9A699 · #FEC8BD

Shades

#7A0B00 · #650600 · #500300 · #3D0000 · #2B0000

Muted

#832A1C · #76372C · #684039

Using Brick Red

Its chroma is high enough to carry accents, calls to action, and focal moments; large fields of it will dominate a composition. In palettes it pairs most predictably with its tonal ramp and analogous neighbors; reserve the complementary hue for small, deliberate contrast.

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