#8E1E12#8E1E12

#8E1E12 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.067; OKLCH L 42.4% C 0.149 H 30.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E1E12
RGB	rgb(142, 30, 18)
HSL	hsl(6, 78%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(6, 87%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78.9%, 87.3%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.17, 45.61, 36.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.17, 58.22, 38.43°)
OKLab	oklab(42.42% 0.129 0.0754)
OKLCH	oklch(42.42% 0.149 30.3)
XYZ	xyz(11.7302, 6.7249, 1.2525)
Luminance	0.0672 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E1E12 #12828E

analogous

#8E1244 #8E1E12 #8E5C12

triadic

#8E1E12 #128E1E #1E128E

tetradic

#8E1E12 #448E12 #12828E #5C128E

square

#8E1E12 #448E12 #12828E #5C128E

split-complementary

#8E1E12 #128E5C #12448E

monochromatic

#210704 #58130B #8E1E12 #C42919 #E54635

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.96

#8E1E12 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.34

#8E1E12 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E1E12

8.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E1E12	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E1E12	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)

#413A0F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D520B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D001D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e1e12;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 30, 18);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.4% 0.149 30.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b86452',
    500: '#8e1e12',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e1e12;
$custom-light: #b86452;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e1e12",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 18
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.806,
    "s": 77.5,
    "l": 31.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42419,
    "c": 0.14936,
    "h": 30.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.06723
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E1E12

secondary

#3AB5C2

accent

#E1F434

background

#FCF6F4

surface

#F8EBE7

border

#D1C6C3

text

#130602

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E1E12

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

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