#8E2810#8E2810

#8E2810 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.073; OKLCH L 43.4% C 0.141 H 34.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E2810
RGB	rgb(142, 40, 16)
HSL	hsl(11, 80%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(11, 89%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.8%, 88.7%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.50, 41.86, 38.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.50, 56.72, 42.44°)
OKLab	oklab(43.4% 0.117 0.0793)
OKLCH	oklch(43.4% 0.141 34.1)
XYZ	xyz(12.0091, 7.3076, 1.2683)
Luminance	0.0731 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E2810 #10768E

analogous

#8E1037 #8E2810 #8E6710

triadic

#8E2810 #108E28 #28108E

tetradic

#8E2810 #378E10 #10768E #67108E

square

#8E2810 #378E10 #10768E #67108E

split-complementary

#8E2810 #108E67 #10378E

monochromatic

#200904 #57190A #8E2810 #C53716 #E85431

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.53

#8E2810 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.46

#8E2810 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E2810

8.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E2810	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E2810	1.00	8.53	2.46	8.53
#FFFFFF	8.53	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.53	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#473E0B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#605509

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D0024

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e2810;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 40, 16);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.4% 0.141 34.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b86951',
    500: '#8e2810',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e2810;
$custom-light: #b86951;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e2810",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 16
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.429,
    "s": 79.747,
    "l": 30.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43404,
    "c": 0.14133,
    "h": 34.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.07306
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E2810

secondary

#37A8C3

accent

#D1F632

background

#FCF6F4

surface

#F8EBE7

border

#D1C6C3

text

#130702

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E2810

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

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