#8E211F#8E211F

#8E211F is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 42.8% C 0.145 H 26.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E211F
RGB	rgb(142, 33, 31)
HSL	hsl(1, 64%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(1, 78%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.8%, 78.2%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.67, 45.00, 29.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.67, 53.73, 33.12°)
OKLab	oklab(42.83% 0.1297 0.0651)
OKLCH	oklch(42.83% 0.145 26.6)
XYZ	xyz(11.9479, 6.9393, 2.0064)
Luminance	0.0694 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8E211F #1F8C8E

analogous

#8E1F55 #8E211F #8E591F

triadic

#8E211F #1F8E21 #211F8E

tetradic

#8E211F #558E1F #1F8C8E #591F8E

square

#8E211F #558E1F #1F8C8E #591F8E

split-complementary

#8E211F #1F8E59 #1F558E

monochromatic

#2A0A09 #5C1514 #8E211F #C02D2A #D9514F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.80

#8E211F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.39

#8E211F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E211F

8.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E211F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E211F	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)

#423B1E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D531B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D0022

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e211f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 33, 31);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.8% 0.145 26.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7665b',
    500: '#8e211f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e211f;
$custom-light: #b7665b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e211f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 31
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.081,
    "s": 64.162,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42829,
    "c": 0.14512,
    "h": 26.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.06937
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E211F

secondary

#4DB9BB

accent

#E4E741

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130604

muted

#827A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E211F

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