#8E1811#8E1811

#8E1811 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.064; OKLCH L 41.9% C 0.154 H 29.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E1811
RGB	rgb(142, 24, 17)
HSL	hsl(3, 79%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(3, 88%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 83.1%, 88%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.51, 47.42, 36.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.51, 59.62, 37.30°)
OKLab	oklab(41.93% 0.1344 0.0748)
OKLCH	oklch(41.93% 0.154 29.1)
XYZ	xyz(11.5846, 6.4464, 1.1645)
Luminance	0.0644 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E1811 #11878E

analogous

#8E1148 #8E1811 #8E5611

triadic

#8E1811 #118E18 #18118E

tetradic

#8E1811 #488E11 #11878E #56118E

square

#8E1811 #488E11 #11878E #56118E

split-complementary

#8E1811 #118E56 #11488E

monochromatic

#210604 #570F0A #8E1811 #C52118 #E73D33

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.17

#8E1811 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.29

#8E1811 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E1811

9.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E1811	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E1811	1.00	9.17	2.29	9.17
#FFFFFF	9.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3F370E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C5109

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D0018

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e1811;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 24, 17);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.9% 0.154 29.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b96251',
    500: '#8e1811',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e1811;
$custom-light: #b96251;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e1811",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 17
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.36,
    "s": 78.616,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41925,
    "c": 0.15382,
    "h": 29.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.06445
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E1811

secondary

#38BBC2

accent

#EAF533

background

#FCF6F4

surface

#F8EBE7

border

#D1C6C3

text

#130602

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E1811

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

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