#8E1712#8E1712

#8E1712 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.064; OKLCH L 41.9% C 0.154 H 28.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E1712
RGB	rgb(142, 23, 18)
HSL	hsl(2, 78%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(2, 87%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 83.8%, 87.3%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.42, 47.72, 35.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.42, 59.50, 36.67°)
OKLab	oklab(41.86% 0.1356 0.0739)
OKLCH	oklch(41.86% 0.154 28.6)
XYZ	xyz(11.5724, 6.4092, 1.1999)
Luminance	0.0641 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8E1712 #12898E

analogous

#8E124B #8E1712 #8E5512

triadic

#8E1712 #128E17 #17128E

tetradic

#8E1712 #4B8E12 #12898E #55128E

square

#8E1712 #4B8E12 #12898E #55128E

split-complementary

#8E1712 #128E55 #124B8E

monochromatic

#210504 #580E0B #8E1712 #C42019 #E53C35

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.20

#8E1712 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.28

#8E1712 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E1712

9.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E1712	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E1712	1.00	9.20	2.28	9.20
#FFFFFF	9.20	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.20	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3F370F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B510A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D0018

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e1712;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 23, 18);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.9% 0.154 28.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b96252',
    500: '#8e1712',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e1712;
$custom-light: #b96252;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e1712",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 18
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.419,
    "s": 77.5,
    "l": 31.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41861,
    "c": 0.15437,
    "h": 28.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.06407
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E1712

secondary

#3ABDC2

accent

#ECF434

background

#FCF6F4

surface

#F8EBE7

border

#D1C6C3

text

#130602

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E1712

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

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