#8E1912#8E1912

#8E1912 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.065; OKLCH L 42.0% C 0.153 H 29.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E1912
RGB	rgb(142, 25, 18)
HSL	hsl(3, 78%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(3, 87%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 82.4%, 87.3%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.62, 47.16, 35.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.62, 59.15, 37.13°)
OKLab	oklab(42.01% 0.1338 0.0743)
OKLCH	oklch(42.01% 0.153 29)
XYZ	xyz(11.6136, 6.4916, 1.2137)
Luminance	0.0649 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E1912 #12878E

analogous

#8E1249 #8E1912 #8E5712

triadic

#8E1912 #128E19 #19128E

tetradic

#8E1912 #498E12 #12878E #57128E

square

#8E1912 #498E12 #12878E #57128E

split-complementary

#8E1912 #128E57 #12498E

monochromatic

#210604 #580F0B #8E1912 #C42319 #E53F35

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.14

#8E1912 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.30

#8E1912 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E1912

9.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E1912	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E1912	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)

#3F380F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C510A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D0019

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e1912;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 25, 18);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.0% 0.153 29.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b86252',
    500: '#8e1912',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e1912;
$custom-light: #b86252;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e1912",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 18
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.387,
    "s": 77.5,
    "l": 31.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42008,
    "c": 0.15303,
    "h": 29
  },
  "luminance": 0.0649
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E1912

secondary

#3ABAC2

accent

#E9F434

background

#FCF6F4

surface

#F8EBE7

border

#D1C6C3

text

#130602

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E1912

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

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