#8E211D#8E211D

#8E211D is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 42.8% C 0.145 H 27.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E211D
RGB	rgb(142, 33, 29)
HSL	hsl(2, 66%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(2, 80%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.8%, 79.6%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.64, 44.92, 30.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.64, 54.32, 34.20°)
OKLab	oklab(42.8% 0.129 0.067)
OKLCH	oklch(42.8% 0.145 27.5)
XYZ	xyz(11.9224, 6.9291, 1.8718)
Luminance	0.0693 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E211D #1D8A8E

analogous

#8E1D51 #8E211D #8E591D

triadic

#8E211D #1D8E21 #211D8E

tetradic

#8E211D #518E1D #1D8A8E #591D8E

square

#8E211D #518E1D #1D8A8E #591D8E

split-complementary

#8E211D #1D8E59 #1D518E

monochromatic

#280908 #5B1513 #8E211D #C12D27 #DA504B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.80

#8E211D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.39

#8E211D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E211D

8.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E211D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E211D	1.00	8.80	2.39	8.80
#FFFFFF	8.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#423B1B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D5318

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D0021

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e211d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 33, 29);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.8% 0.145 27.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b76659',
    500: '#8e211d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e211d;
$custom-light: #b76659;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e211d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 29
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.124,
    "s": 66.082,
    "l": 33.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42804,
    "c": 0.14541,
    "h": 27.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.06927
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E211D

secondary

#4AB9BD

accent

#E3E93F

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130603

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E211D

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

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