#8E2311#8E2311

#8E2311 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.070; OKLCH L 42.9% C 0.145 H 32.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E2311
RGB	rgb(142, 35, 17)
HSL	hsl(9, 79%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(9, 88%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.4%, 88%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.80, 43.83, 37.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.80, 57.50, 40.34°)
OKLab	oklab(42.88% 0.1233 0.0773)
OKLCH	oklch(42.88% 0.145 32.1)
XYZ	xyz(11.8590, 6.9952, 1.2560)
Luminance	0.0699 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E2311 #117C8E

analogous

#8E113D #8E2311 #8E6111

triadic

#8E2311 #118E23 #23118E

tetradic

#8E2311 #3D8E11 #117C8E #61118E

square

#8E2311 #3D8E11 #117C8E #61118E

split-complementary

#8E2311 #118E61 #113D8E

monochromatic

#210804 #57160A #8E2311 #C53018 #E74D33

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.76

#8E2311 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.40

#8E2311 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E2311

8.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E2311	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E2311	1.00	8.76	2.40	8.76
#FFFFFF	8.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#443C0D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E530A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D0020

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e2311;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 35, 17);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.9% 0.145 32.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b86652',
    500: '#8e2311',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e2311;
$custom-light: #b86652;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e2311",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 17
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.64,
    "s": 78.616,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42882,
    "c": 0.14547,
    "h": 32.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.06993
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E2311

secondary

#38AFC2

accent

#D9F533

background

#FCF6F4

surface

#F8EBE7

border

#D1C6C3

text

#130602

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E2311

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

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