#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
RGBrgb(142, 41, 17)
HSLhsl(12, 79%, 31%)
HSVhsv(12, 88%, 56%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 71.1%, 88%, 44.3%)
CIE-LABlab(32.65, 41.47, 37.94)
CIE-LCHlch(32.65, 56.21, 42.46°)
OKLaboklab(43.53% 0.116 0.079)
OKLCHoklch(43.53% 0.14 34.3)
XYZxyz(12.0509, 7.3790, 1.3200)
Luminance0.0738 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyred

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

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
##8E29111.008.482.488.48
#FFFFFF8.481.0021.001.00
#0000002.4821.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF8.481.0021.001.00

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

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#8E2911 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva