#8E1711#8E1711

#8E1711 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.064; OKLCH L 41.9% C 0.154 H 28.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E1711
RGB	rgb(142, 23, 17)
HSL	hsl(3, 79%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(3, 88%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 83.8%, 88%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.41, 47.70, 36.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.41, 59.79, 37.08°)
OKLab	oklab(41.85% 0.1353 0.0746)
OKLCH	oklch(41.85% 0.154 28.9)
XYZ	xyz(11.5644, 6.4060, 1.1578)
Luminance	0.0640 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E1711 #11888E

analogous

#8E1149 #8E1711 #8E5511

triadic

#8E1711 #118E17 #17118E

tetradic

#8E1711 #498E11 #11888E #55118E

square

#8E1711 #498E11 #11888E #55118E

split-complementary

#8E1711 #118E55 #11498E

monochromatic

#210504 #570E0A #8E1711 #C52018 #E73B33

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.21

#8E1711 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.28

#8E1711 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E1711

9.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E1711	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E1711	1.00	9.21	2.28	9.21
#FFFFFF	9.21	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.21	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3F370E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B5109

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D0018

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e1711;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 23, 17);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.9% 0.154 28.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b96251',
    500: '#8e1711',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e1711;
$custom-light: #b96251;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e1711",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 17
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.88,
    "s": 78.616,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41853,
    "c": 0.15448,
    "h": 28.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.06404
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E1711

secondary

#38BCC2

accent

#ECF533

background

#FCF6F4

surface

#F8EBE7

border

#D1C6C3

text

#130602

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E1711

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

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