#8E1E11#8E1E11

#8E1E11 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.067; OKLCH L 42.4% C 0.149 H 30.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E1E11
RGB	rgb(142, 30, 17)
HSL	hsl(6, 79%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(6, 88%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78.9%, 88%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.16, 45.59, 36.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.16, 58.51, 38.82°)
OKLab	oklab(42.41% 0.1287 0.076)
OKLCH	oklch(42.41% 0.149 30.6)
XYZ	xyz(11.7222, 6.7217, 1.2104)
Luminance	0.0672 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E1E11 #11818E

analogous

#8E1142 #8E1E11 #8E5C11

triadic

#8E1E11 #118E1E #1E118E

tetradic

#8E1E11 #428E11 #11818E #5C118E

square

#8E1E11 #428E11 #11818E #5C118E

split-complementary

#8E1E11 #118E5C #11428E

monochromatic

#210704 #57120A #8E1E11 #C52A18 #E74633

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.96

#8E1E11 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.34

#8E1E11 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E1E11

8.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E1E11	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E1E11	1.00	8.96	2.34	8.96
#FFFFFF	8.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#423A0E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D5209

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D001D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e1e11;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 30, 17);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.4% 0.149 30.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b86451',
    500: '#8e1e11',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e1e11;
$custom-light: #b86451;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e1e11",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 17
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.24,
    "s": 78.616,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42411,
    "c": 0.14949,
    "h": 30.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.0672
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E1E11

secondary

#38B4C2

accent

#E1F533

background

#FCF6F4

surface

#F8EBE7

border

#D1C6C3

text

#130602

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E1E11

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

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