#8E2B11#8E2B11

#8E2B11 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.075; OKLCH L 43.8% C 0.138 H 35.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E2B11
RGB	rgb(142, 43, 17)
HSL	hsl(12, 79%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(12, 88%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.7%, 88%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.96, 40.62, 38.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.96, 55.77, 43.24°)
OKLab	oklab(43.76% 0.1134 0.0796)
OKLCH	oklch(43.76% 0.138 35.1)
XYZ	xyz(12.1218, 7.5209, 1.3436)
Luminance	0.0752 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E2B11 #11748E

analogous

#8E1135 #8E2B11 #8E6911

triadic

#8E2B11 #118E2B #2B118E

tetradic

#8E2B11 #358E11 #11748E #69118E

square

#8E2B11 #358E11 #11748E #69118E

split-complementary

#8E2B11 #118E69 #11358E

monochromatic

#210A04 #571A0A #8E2B11 #C53C18 #E75833

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.39

#8E2B11 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.50

#8E2B11 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E2B11

8.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E2B11	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E2B11	1.00	8.39	2.50	8.39
#FFFFFF	8.39	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.39	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#48400C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#61560B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D0726

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e2b11;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 43, 17);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.8% 0.138 35.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b86a52',
    500: '#8e2b11',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e2b11;
$custom-light: #b86a52;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e2b11",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 17
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.48,
    "s": 78.616,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43757,
    "c": 0.13849,
    "h": 35.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.07519
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E2B11

secondary

#38A6C2

accent

#CDF533

background

#FCF6F4

surface

#F8EBE7

border

#D1C6C3

text

#130702

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E2B11

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

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