#8E2910#8E2910

#8E2910 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.074; OKLCH L 43.5% C 0.140 H 34.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E2910
RGB	rgb(142, 41, 16)
HSL	hsl(12, 80%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(12, 89%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.1%, 88.7%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.65, 41.44, 38.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.65, 56.50, 42.82°)
OKLab	oklab(43.52% 0.1157 0.0796)
OKLCH	oklch(43.52% 0.14 34.5)
XYZ	xyz(12.0432, 7.3759, 1.2797)
Luminance	0.0737 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E2910 #10758E

analogous

#8E1036 #8E2910 #8E6810

triadic

#8E2910 #108E29 #29108E

tetradic

#8E2910 #368E10 #10758E #68108E

square

#8E2910 #368E10 #10758E #68108E

split-complementary

#8E2910 #108E68 #10368E

monochromatic

#200904 #57190A #8E2910 #C53916 #E85531

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.49

#8E2910 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.47

#8E2910 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E2910

8.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E2910	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E2910	1.00	8.49	2.47	8.49
#FFFFFF	8.49	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.49	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#473E0B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#605509

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D0125

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e2910;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 41, 16);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.5% 0.140 34.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b86952',
    500: '#8e2910',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e2910;
$custom-light: #b86952;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e2910",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 16
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.905,
    "s": 79.747,
    "l": 30.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43517,
    "c": 0.14045,
    "h": 34.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.07374
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E2910

secondary

#37A7C3

accent

#CFF632

background

#FCF6F4

surface

#F8EBE7

border

#D1C6C3

text

#130702

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E2910

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

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