#8E2A11#8E2A11

#8E2A11 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.074; OKLCH L 43.6% C 0.139 H 34.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E2A11
RGB	rgb(142, 42, 17)
HSL	hsl(12, 79%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(12, 88%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.4%, 88%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.81, 41.05, 38.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.81, 55.99, 42.84°)
OKLab	oklab(43.64% 0.1147 0.0793)
OKLCH	oklch(43.64% 0.139 34.7)
XYZ	xyz(12.0859, 7.4490, 1.3316)
Luminance	0.0745 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E2A11 #11758E

analogous

#8E1136 #8E2A11 #8E6811

triadic

#8E2A11 #118E2A #2A118E

tetradic

#8E2A11 #368E11 #11758E #68118E

square

#8E2A11 #368E11 #11758E #68118E

split-complementary

#8E2A11 #118E68 #11368E

monochromatic

#210A04 #571A0A #8E2A11 #C53A18 #E75733

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.44

#8E2A11 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.49

#8E2A11 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E2A11

8.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E2A11	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E2A11	1.00	8.44	2.49	8.44
#FFFFFF	8.44	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.44	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#483F0C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#60550B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D0426

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e2a11;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 42, 17);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.6% 0.139 34.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b86a52',
    500: '#8e2a11',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e2a11;
$custom-light: #b86a52;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e2a11",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 17
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12,
    "s": 78.616,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4364,
    "c": 0.13939,
    "h": 34.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.07447
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E2A11

secondary

#38A7C2

accent

#CEF533

background

#FCF6F4

surface

#F8EBE7

border

#D1C6C3

text

#130702

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E2A11

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

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