#8E2511#8E2511

#8E2511 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.071; OKLCH L 43.1% C 0.144 H 32.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E2511
RGB	rgb(142, 37, 17)
HSL	hsl(10, 79%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(10, 88%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.9%, 88%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.07, 43.07, 37.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.07, 57.08, 41.01°)
OKLab	oklab(43.09% 0.1209 0.0778)
OKLCH	oklch(43.09% 0.144 32.8)
XYZ	xyz(11.9195, 7.1163, 1.2762)
Luminance	0.0711 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E2511 #117A8E

analogous

#8E113B #8E2511 #8E6311

triadic

#8E2511 #118E25 #25118E

tetradic

#8E2511 #3B8E11 #117A8E #63118E

square

#8E2511 #3B8E11 #117A8E #63118E

split-complementary

#8E2511 #118E63 #113B8E

monochromatic

#210904 #57170A #8E2511 #C53318 #E75033

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.67

#8E2511 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.42

#8E2511 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E2511

8.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E2511	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E2511	1.00	8.67	2.42	8.67
#FFFFFF	8.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#453D0D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F540A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D0022

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e2511;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 37, 17);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.1% 0.144 32.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b86752',
    500: '#8e2511',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e2511;
$custom-light: #b86752;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e2511",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 17
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.6,
    "s": 78.616,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43087,
    "c": 0.14379,
    "h": 32.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.07114
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E2511

secondary

#38ACC2

accent

#D6F533

background

#FCF6F4

surface

#F8EBE7

border

#D1C6C3

text

#130602

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E2511

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

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