#8E211A#8E211A

#8E211A is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 42.8% C 0.146 H 28.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E211A
RGB	rgb(142, 33, 26)
HSL	hsl(4, 69%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(4, 82%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.8%, 81.7%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.61, 44.82, 32.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.61, 55.21, 35.73°)
OKLab	oklab(42.77% 0.1281 0.0698)
OKLCH	oklch(42.77% 0.146 28.6)
XYZ	xyz(11.8871, 6.9150, 1.6859)
Luminance	0.0691 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E211A #1A878E

analogous

#8E1A4D #8E211A #8E5B1A

triadic

#8E211A #1A8E21 #211A8E

tetradic

#8E211A #4D8E1A #1A878E #5B1A8E

square

#8E211A #4D8E1A #1A878E #5B1A8E

split-complementary

#8E211A #1A8E5B #1A4D8E

monochromatic

#270907 #5A1511 #8E211A #C22D23 #DD4F45

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.81

#8E211A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.38

#8E211A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E211A

8.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E211A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E211A	1.00	8.81	2.38	8.81
#FFFFFF	8.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#423B18

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D5315

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D0021

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e211a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 33, 26);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.8% 0.146 28.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b86657',
    500: '#8e211a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e211a;
$custom-light: #b86657;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e211a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 26
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.621,
    "s": 69.048,
    "l": 32.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4277,
    "c": 0.14583,
    "h": 28.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.06913
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E211A

secondary

#45B7BE

accent

#E1EC3C

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130603

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E211A

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

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