#8E1911#8E1911

#8E1911 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.065; OKLCH L 42.0% C 0.153 H 29.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E1911
RGB	rgb(142, 25, 17)
HSL	hsl(4, 79%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(4, 88%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 82.4%, 88%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.61, 47.14, 36.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.61, 59.44, 37.53°)
OKLab	oklab(42% 0.1336 0.075)
OKLCH	oklch(42% 0.153 29.3)
XYZ	xyz(11.6056, 6.4884, 1.1715)
Luminance	0.0649 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E1911 #11868E

analogous

#8E1147 #8E1911 #8E5711

triadic

#8E1911 #118E19 #19118E

tetradic

#8E1911 #478E11 #11868E #57118E

square

#8E1911 #478E11 #11868E #57118E

split-complementary

#8E1911 #118E57 #11478E

monochromatic

#210604 #570F0A #8E1911 #C52318 #E73E33

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.14

#8E1911 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.30

#8E1911 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E1911

9.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E1911	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E1911	1.00	9.14	2.30	9.14
#FFFFFF	9.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3F380E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C5109

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D0019

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e1911;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 25, 17);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.0% 0.153 29.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b96251',
    500: '#8e1911',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e1911;
$custom-light: #b96251;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e1911",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 17
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.84,
    "s": 78.616,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42,
    "c": 0.15314,
    "h": 29.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.06487
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E1911

secondary

#38BAC2

accent

#E9F533

background

#FCF6F4

surface

#F8EBE7

border

#D1C6C3

text

#130602

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E1911

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

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