#8E1812#8E1812

#8E1812 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.064; OKLCH L 41.9% C 0.154 H 28.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E1812
RGB	rgb(142, 24, 18)
HSL	hsl(3, 78%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(3, 87%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 83.1%, 87.3%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.52, 47.45, 35.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.52, 59.33, 36.89°)
OKLab	oklab(41.93% 0.1347 0.0741)
OKLCH	oklch(41.93% 0.154 28.8)
XYZ	xyz(11.5926, 6.4496, 1.2067)
Luminance	0.0645 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E1812 #12888E

analogous

#8E124A #8E1812 #8E5612

triadic

#8E1812 #128E18 #18128E

tetradic

#8E1812 #4A8E12 #12888E #56128E

square

#8E1812 #4A8E12 #12888E #56128E

split-complementary

#8E1812 #128E56 #124A8E

monochromatic

#210604 #580F0B #8E1812 #C42119 #E53E35

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.17

#8E1812 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.29

#8E1812 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E1812

9.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E1812	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E1812	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)

#3F370F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C510A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D0019

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e1812;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 24, 18);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.9% 0.154 28.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b86252',
    500: '#8e1812',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e1812;
$custom-light: #b86252;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e1812",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 18
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.903,
    "s": 77.5,
    "l": 31.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41934,
    "c": 0.15371,
    "h": 28.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.06448
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E1812

secondary

#3ABCC2

accent

#EBF434

background

#FCF6F4

surface

#F8EBE7

border

#D1C6C3

text

#130602

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E1812

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

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