#8E1C11#8E1C11

#8E1C11 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.066; OKLCH L 42.2% C 0.151 H 30.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E1C11
RGB	rgb(142, 28, 17)
HSL	hsl(5, 79%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(5, 88%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 80.3%, 88%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.93, 46.23, 36.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.93, 58.89, 38.28°)
OKLab	oklab(42.24% 0.1307 0.0756)
OKLCH	oklch(42.24% 0.151 30)
XYZ	xyz(11.6732, 6.6237, 1.1941)
Luminance	0.0662 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8E1C11 #11838E

analogous

#8E1144 #8E1C11 #8E5A11

triadic

#8E1C11 #118E1C #1C118E

tetradic

#8E1C11 #448E11 #11838E #5A118E

square

#8E1C11 #448E11 #11838E #5A118E

split-complementary

#8E1C11 #118E5A #11448E

monochromatic

#210604 #57110A #8E1C11 #C52718 #E74333

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.03

#8E1C11 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.32

#8E1C11 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E1C11

9.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E1C11	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E1C11	1.00	9.03	2.32	9.03
#FFFFFF	9.03	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.32	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.03	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#41390E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C5209

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D001B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e1c11;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 28, 17);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.2% 0.151 30.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b86351',
    500: '#8e1c11',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e1c11;
$custom-light: #b86351;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e1c11",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 17
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.28,
    "s": 78.616,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42239,
    "c": 0.151,
    "h": 30
  },
  "luminance": 0.06622
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E1C11

secondary

#38B6C2

accent

#E4F533

background

#FCF6F4

surface

#F8EBE7

border

#D1C6C3

text

#130602

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E1C11

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

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