#8E2211#8E2211

#8E2211 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 42.8% C 0.146 H 31.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E2211
RGB	rgb(142, 34, 17)
HSL	hsl(8, 79%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(8, 88%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.1%, 88%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.66, 44.20, 37.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.66, 57.71, 40.02°)
OKLab	oklab(42.78% 0.1244 0.077)
OKLCH	oklch(42.78% 0.146 31.8)
XYZ	xyz(11.8300, 6.9372, 1.2463)
Luminance	0.0693 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E2211 #117D8E

analogous

#8E113E #8E2211 #8E6011

triadic

#8E2211 #118E22 #22118E

tetradic

#8E2211 #3E8E11 #117D8E #60118E

square

#8E2211 #3E8E11 #117D8E #60118E

split-complementary

#8E2211 #118E60 #113E8E

monochromatic

#210804 #57150A #8E2211 #C52F18 #E74B33

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.80

#8E2211 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.39

#8E2211 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E2211

8.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E2211	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E2211	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)

#433B0D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E530A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D001F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e2211;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 34, 17);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.8% 0.146 31.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b86652',
    500: '#8e2211',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e2211;
$custom-light: #b86652;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e2211",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 17
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.16,
    "s": 78.616,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42783,
    "c": 0.1463,
    "h": 31.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.06935
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E2211

secondary

#38B0C2

accent

#DBF533

background

#FCF6F4

surface

#F8EBE7

border

#D1C6C3

text

#130602

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E2211

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

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