#8E1A11#8E1A11

#8E1A11 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.065; OKLCH L 42.1% C 0.152 H 29.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E1A11
RGB	rgb(142, 26, 17)
HSL	hsl(4, 79%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(4, 88%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 81.7%, 88%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.72, 46.84, 36.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.72, 59.26, 37.77°)
OKLab	oklab(42.08% 0.1326 0.0752)
OKLCH	oklch(42.08% 0.152 29.5)
XYZ	xyz(11.6274, 6.5320, 1.1788)
Luminance	0.0653 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E1A11 #11858E

analogous

#8E1146 #8E1A11 #8E5811

triadic

#8E1A11 #118E1A #1A118E

tetradic

#8E1A11 #468E11 #11858E #58118E

square

#8E1A11 #468E11 #11858E #58118E

split-complementary

#8E1A11 #118E58 #11468E

monochromatic

#210604 #57100A #8E1A11 #C52418 #E74033

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.11

#8E1A11 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.31

#8E1A11 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E1A11

9.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E1A11	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E1A11	1.00	9.11	2.31	9.11
#FFFFFF	9.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.11	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#40380E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C5109

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D001A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e1a11;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 26, 17);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.1% 0.152 29.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b86351',
    500: '#8e1a11',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e1a11;
$custom-light: #b86351;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e1a11",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 17
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.32,
    "s": 78.616,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42078,
    "c": 0.15244,
    "h": 29.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.0653
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E1A11

secondary

#38B8C2

accent

#E7F533

background

#FCF6F4

surface

#F8EBE7

border

#D1C6C3

text

#130602

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E1A11

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

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