#8E1D11#8E1D11

#8E1D11 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.067; OKLCH L 42.3% C 0.150 H 30.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E1D11
RGB	rgb(142, 29, 17)
HSL	hsl(6, 79%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(6, 88%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 79.6%, 88%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.05, 45.91, 36.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.05, 58.71, 38.55°)
OKLab	oklab(42.32% 0.1297 0.0758)
OKLCH	oklch(42.32% 0.15 30.3)
XYZ	xyz(11.6973, 6.6719, 1.2021)
Luminance	0.0667 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E1D11 #11828E

analogous

#8E1143 #8E1D11 #8E5B11

triadic

#8E1D11 #118E1D #1D118E

tetradic

#8E1D11 #438E11 #11828E #5B118E

square

#8E1D11 #438E11 #11828E #5B118E

split-complementary

#8E1D11 #118E5B #11438E

monochromatic

#210704 #57120A #8E1D11 #C52818 #E74433

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.00

#8E1D11 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.33

#8E1D11 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E1D11

9.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E1D11	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E1D11	1.00	9.00	2.33	9.00
#FFFFFF	9.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#41390E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D5209

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D001C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e1d11;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 29, 17);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.3% 0.150 30.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b86451',
    500: '#8e1d11',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e1d11;
$custom-light: #b86451;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e1d11",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 29,
    "b": 17
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.76,
    "s": 78.616,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42324,
    "c": 0.15026,
    "h": 30.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.0667
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E1D11

secondary

#38B5C2

accent

#E2F533

background

#FCF6F4

surface

#F8EBE7

border

#D1C6C3

text

#130602

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E1D11

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

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