#8E211C#8E211C

#8E211C is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 42.8% C 0.146 H 27.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E211C
RGB	rgb(142, 33, 28)
HSL	hsl(3, 67%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(3, 80%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.8%, 80.3%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.63, 44.89, 31.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.63, 54.61, 34.72°)
OKLab	oklab(42.79% 0.1287 0.068)
OKLCH	oklch(42.79% 0.146 27.8)
XYZ	xyz(11.9102, 6.9242, 1.8078)
Luminance	0.0692 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E211C #1C898E

analogous

#8E1C50 #8E211C #8E5A1C

triadic

#8E211C #1C8E21 #211C8E

tetradic

#8E211C #508E1C #1C898E #5A1C8E

square

#8E211C #508E1C #1C898E #5A1C8E

split-complementary

#8E211C #1C8E5A #1C508E

monochromatic

#280908 #5B1512 #8E211C #C12D26 #DB5049

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.81

#8E211C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.38

#8E211C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E211C

8.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E211C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E211C	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)

#423B1A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D5317

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D0021

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e211c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 33, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.8% 0.146 27.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b76659',
    500: '#8e211c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e211c;
$custom-light: #b76659;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e211c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.632,
    "s": 67.059,
    "l": 33.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42792,
    "c": 0.14554,
    "h": 27.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.06922
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E211C

secondary

#49B8BD

accent

#E2EA3E

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130603

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E211C

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

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