#8E1D12#8E1D12

#8E1D12 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.067; OKLCH L 42.3% C 0.150 H 30.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E1D12
RGB	rgb(142, 29, 18)
HSL	hsl(5, 78%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(5, 87%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 79.6%, 87.3%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.06, 45.94, 36.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.06, 58.41, 38.15°)
OKLab	oklab(42.33% 0.13 0.0751)
OKLCH	oklch(42.33% 0.15 30)
XYZ	xyz(11.7053, 6.6751, 1.2442)
Luminance	0.0667 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E1D12 #12838E

analogous

#8E1245 #8E1D12 #8E5B12

triadic

#8E1D12 #128E1D #1D128E

tetradic

#8E1D12 #458E12 #12838E #5B128E

square

#8E1D12 #458E12 #12838E #5B128E

split-complementary

#8E1D12 #128E5B #12458E

monochromatic

#210704 #58120B #8E1D12 #C42819 #E54535

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.00

#8E1D12 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.33

#8E1D12 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E1D12

9.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E1D12	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E1D12	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)

#41390F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D520B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D001C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e1d12;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 29, 18);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.3% 0.150 30.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b86452',
    500: '#8e1d12',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e1d12;
$custom-light: #b86452;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e1d12",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 29,
    "b": 18
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.323,
    "s": 77.5,
    "l": 31.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42332,
    "c": 0.15013,
    "h": 30
  },
  "luminance": 0.06673
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E1D12

secondary

#3AB6C2

accent

#E3F434

background

#FCF6F4

surface

#F8EBE7

border

#D1C6C3

text

#130602

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E1D12

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

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