#8E211B#8E211B

#8E211B is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 42.8% C 0.146 H 28.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E211B
RGB	rgb(142, 33, 27)
HSL	hsl(3, 68%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(3, 81%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.8%, 81%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.62, 44.85, 31.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.62, 54.91, 35.23°)
OKLab	oklab(42.78% 0.1284 0.0689)
OKLCH	oklch(42.78% 0.146 28.2)
XYZ	xyz(11.8984, 6.9195, 1.7458)
Luminance	0.0692 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E211B #1B888E

analogous

#8E1B4F #8E211B #8E5A1B

triadic

#8E211B #1B8E21 #211B8E

tetradic

#8E211B #4F8E1B #1B888E #5A1B8E

square

#8E211B #4F8E1B #1B888E #5A1B8E

split-complementary

#8E211B #1B8E5A #1B4F8E

monochromatic

#270907 #5B1511 #8E211B #C12D25 #DC4F47

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.81

#8E211B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.38

#8E211B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E211B

8.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E211B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E211B	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)

#423B19

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D5316

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D0021

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e211b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 33, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.8% 0.146 28.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b76658',
    500: '#8e211b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e211b;
$custom-light: #b76658;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e211b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.13,
    "s": 68.047,
    "l": 33.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42781,
    "c": 0.14569,
    "h": 28.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.06918
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E211B

secondary

#47B8BE

accent

#E2EB3D

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130603

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E211B

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

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