#8E2911#8E2911

#8E2911 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.074; OKLCH L 43.5% C 0.140 H 34.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E2911
RGB	rgb(142, 41, 17)
HSL	hsl(12, 79%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(12, 88%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.1%, 88%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.65, 41.47, 37.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.65, 56.21, 42.46°)
OKLab	oklab(43.53% 0.116 0.079)
OKLCH	oklch(43.53% 0.14 34.3)
XYZ	xyz(12.0509, 7.3790, 1.3200)
Luminance	0.0738 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E2911 #11768E

analogous

#8E1137 #8E2911 #8E6711

triadic

#8E2911 #118E29 #29118E

tetradic

#8E2911 #378E11 #11768E #67118E

square

#8E2911 #378E11 #11768E #67118E

split-complementary

#8E2911 #118E67 #11378E

monochromatic

#210904 #57190A #8E2911 #C53918 #E75533

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.48

#8E2911 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.48

#8E2911 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E2911

8.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E2911	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E2911	1.00	8.48	2.48	8.48
#FFFFFF	8.48	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.48	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.48	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#473F0C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#60550A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D0125

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e2911;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 41, 17);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.5% 0.140 34.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b86952',
    500: '#8e2911',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e2911;
$custom-light: #b86952;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e2911",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 17
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.52,
    "s": 78.616,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43525,
    "c": 0.14028,
    "h": 34.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.07377
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E2911

secondary

#38A8C2

accent

#D0F533

background

#FCF6F4

surface

#F8EBE7

border

#D1C6C3

text

#130702

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E2911

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

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