#8E1211#8E1211

#8E1211 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.062; OKLCH L 41.5% C 0.158 H 27.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E1211
RGB	rgb(142, 18, 17)
HSL	hsl(0, 79%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(0, 88%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 87.3%, 88%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.98, 48.95, 35.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.98, 60.57, 36.08°)
OKLab	oklab(41.53% 0.1392 0.0737)
OKLCH	oklch(41.53% 0.158 27.9)
XYZ	xyz(11.4743, 6.2258, 1.1278)
Luminance	0.0622 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E1211 #118D8E

analogous

#8E114E #8E1211 #8E5011

triadic

#8E1211 #118E12 #12118E

tetradic

#8E1211 #4E8E11 #118D8E #50118E

square

#8E1211 #4E8E11 #118D8E #50118E

split-complementary

#8E1211 #118E50 #114E8E

monochromatic

#210404 #570B0A #8E1211 #C51918 #E73433

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.35

#8E1211 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.24

#8E1211 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E1211

9.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E1211	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E1211	1.00	9.35	2.24	9.35
#FFFFFF	9.35	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.24	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.35	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3D360E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A5008

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D0014

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e1211;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 18, 17);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.5% 0.158 27.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b96051',
    500: '#8e1211',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e1211;
$custom-light: #b96051;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e1211",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 18,
    "b": 17
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.48,
    "s": 78.616,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41527,
    "c": 0.15751,
    "h": 27.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.06224
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E1211

secondary

#38C1C2

accent

#F4F533

background

#FCF6F4

surface

#F8EBE7

border

#D1C6C3

text

#130502

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E1211

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

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