#8E112D#8E112D

#8E112D is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.063; OKLCH L 41.9% C 0.156 H 16.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E112D
RGB	rgb(142, 17, 45)
HSL	hsl(347, 79%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(347, 88%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 88%, 68.3%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.26, 50.24, 18.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.26, 53.65, 20.51°)
OKLab	oklab(41.86% 0.1497 0.0446)
OKLCH	oklch(41.86% 0.156 16.6)
XYZ	xyz(11.8308, 6.3430, 3.0835)
Luminance	0.0634 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8E112D #118E72

analogous

#8E116B #8E112D #8E3311

triadic

#8E112D #2D8E11 #112D8E

tetradic

#8E112D #6B8E11 #118E72 #33118E

square

#8E112D #6B8E11 #118E72 #33118E

split-complementary

#8E112D #118E33 #116B8E

monochromatic

#21040A #570A1C #8E112D #C5183E #E7335B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.26

#8E112D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.27

#8E112D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E112D

9.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E112D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E112D	1.00	9.26	2.27	9.26
#FFFFFF	9.26	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.26	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3A372D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#585029

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C001E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e112d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 17, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.9% 0.156 16.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b76065',
    500: '#8e112d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e112d;
$custom-light: #b76065;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e112d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 17,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 346.56,
    "s": 78.616,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41855,
    "c": 0.1562,
    "h": 16.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.06341
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E112D

secondary

#38C2A3

accent

#F5CA33

background

#FCF6F6

surface

#F8EBEB

border

#D1C6C6

text

#130605

muted

#827A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E112D

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

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