#8E1C12#8E1C12

#8E1C12 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.066; OKLCH L 42.2% C 0.151 H 29.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E1C12
RGB	rgb(142, 28, 18)
HSL	hsl(5, 78%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(5, 87%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 80.3%, 87.3%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.94, 46.26, 35.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.94, 58.60, 37.88°)
OKLab	oklab(42.25% 0.131 0.0749)
OKLCH	oklch(42.25% 0.151 29.8)
XYZ	xyz(11.6812, 6.6269, 1.2362)
Luminance	0.0663 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8E1C12 #12848E

analogous

#8E1246 #8E1C12 #8E5A12

triadic

#8E1C12 #128E1C #1C128E

tetradic

#8E1C12 #468E12 #12848E #5A128E

square

#8E1C12 #468E12 #12848E #5A128E

split-complementary

#8E1C12 #128E5A #12468E

monochromatic

#210704 #58110B #8E1C12 #C42719 #E54335

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.03

#8E1C12 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.33

#8E1C12 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E1C12

9.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E1C12	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E1C12	1.00	9.03	2.33	9.03
#FFFFFF	9.03	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.03	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#41390F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C520A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D001B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e1c12;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 28, 18);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.2% 0.151 29.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b86352',
    500: '#8e1c12',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e1c12;
$custom-light: #b86352;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e1c12",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 18
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.839,
    "s": 77.5,
    "l": 31.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42247,
    "c": 0.15088,
    "h": 29.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.06625
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E1C12

secondary

#3AB7C2

accent

#E5F434

background

#FCF6F4

surface

#F8EBE7

border

#D1C6C3

text

#130602

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E1C12

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

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