#8E1B11#8E1B11

#8E1B11 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.066; OKLCH L 42.2% C 0.152 H 29.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E1B11
RGB	rgb(142, 27, 17)
HSL	hsl(5, 79%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(5, 88%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 81%, 88%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.82, 46.54, 36.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.82, 59.08, 38.02°)
OKLab	oklab(42.16% 0.1317 0.0754)
OKLCH	oklch(42.16% 0.152 29.8)
XYZ	xyz(11.6499, 6.5770, 1.1863)
Luminance	0.0658 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E1B11 #11848E

analogous

#8E1145 #8E1B11 #8E5911

triadic

#8E1B11 #118E1B #1B118E

tetradic

#8E1B11 #458E11 #11848E #59118E

square

#8E1B11 #458E11 #11848E #59118E

split-complementary

#8E1B11 #118E59 #11458E

monochromatic

#210604 #57110A #8E1B11 #C52518 #E74133

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.07

#8E1B11 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.32

#8E1B11 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E1B11

9.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E1B11	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E1B11	1.00	9.07	2.32	9.07
#FFFFFF	9.07	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.32	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.07	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#40380E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C5209

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D001A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e1b11;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 27, 17);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.2% 0.152 29.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b86351',
    500: '#8e1b11',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e1b11;
$custom-light: #b86351;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e1b11",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 17
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.8,
    "s": 78.616,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42157,
    "c": 0.15173,
    "h": 29.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.06575
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E1B11

secondary

#38B7C2

accent

#E6F533

background

#FCF6F4

surface

#F8EBE7

border

#D1C6C3

text

#130602

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E1B11

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

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