#8E211E#8E211E

#8E211E is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 42.8% C 0.145 H 27.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E211E
RGB	rgb(142, 33, 30)
HSL	hsl(2, 65%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(2, 79%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.8%, 78.9%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.66, 44.96, 29.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.66, 54.02, 33.67°)
OKLab	oklab(42.82% 0.1294 0.0661)
OKLCH	oklch(42.82% 0.145 27.1)
XYZ	xyz(11.9349, 6.9341, 1.9380)
Luminance	0.0693 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E211E #1E8B8E

analogous

#8E1E53 #8E211E #8E591E

triadic

#8E211E #1E8E21 #211E8E

tetradic

#8E211E #538E1E #1E8B8E #591E8E

square

#8E211E #538E1E #1E8B8E #591E8E

split-complementary

#8E211E #1E8E59 #1E538E

monochromatic

#290A09 #5B1513 #8E211E #C12D29 #D9514D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.80

#8E211E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.39

#8E211E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E211E

8.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E211E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E211E	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)

#423B1C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D531A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D0022

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e211e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 33, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.8% 0.145 27.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7665a',
    500: '#8e211e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e211e;
$custom-light: #b7665a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e211e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.607,
    "s": 65.116,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42816,
    "c": 0.14526,
    "h": 27.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.06932
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E211E

secondary

#4CB9BC

accent

#E4E840

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130604

muted

#827A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E211E

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

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