#8E2912#8E2912

#8E2912 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.074; OKLCH L 43.5% C 0.140 H 34.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E2912
RGB	rgb(142, 41, 18)
HSL	hsl(11, 78%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(11, 87%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.1%, 87.3%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.66, 41.49, 37.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.66, 55.91, 42.08°)
OKLab	oklab(43.53% 0.1162 0.0783)
OKLCH	oklch(43.53% 0.14 34)
XYZ	xyz(12.0589, 7.3822, 1.3621)
Luminance	0.0738 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E2912 #12778E

analogous

#8E1239 #8E2912 #8E6712

triadic

#8E2912 #128E29 #29128E

tetradic

#8E2912 #398E12 #12778E #67128E

square

#8E2912 #398E12 #12778E #67128E

split-complementary

#8E2912 #128E67 #12398E

monochromatic

#210A04 #58190B #8E2912 #C43919 #E55635

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.48

#8E2912 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.48

#8E2912 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E2912

8.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E2912	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E2912	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)

#473F0E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#60550C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D0125

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e2912;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 41, 18);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.5% 0.140 34.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b86953',
    500: '#8e2912',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e2912;
$custom-light: #b86953;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e2912",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 18
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.129,
    "s": 77.5,
    "l": 31.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43532,
    "c": 0.14012,
    "h": 34
  },
  "luminance": 0.0738
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E2912

secondary

#3AA9C2

accent

#D0F434

background

#FCF6F4

surface

#F8EBE7

border

#D1C6C3

text

#130702

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E2912

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

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