#8E2E11#8E2E11

#8E2E11 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.077; OKLCH L 44.1% C 0.136 H 36.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E2E11
RGB	rgb(142, 46, 17)
HSL	hsl(14, 79%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(14, 88%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.6%, 88%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.45, 39.31, 38.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.45, 55.10, 44.49°)
OKLab	oklab(44.12% 0.1093 0.0805)
OKLCH	oklch(44.12% 0.136 36.4)
XYZ	xyz(12.2349, 7.7471, 1.3813)
Luminance	0.0775 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E2E11 #11718E

analogous

#8E1132 #8E2E11 #8E6C11

triadic

#8E2E11 #118E2E #2E118E

tetradic

#8E2E11 #328E11 #11718E #6C118E

square

#8E2E11 #328E11 #11718E #6C118E

split-complementary

#8E2E11 #118E6C #11328E

monochromatic

#210B04 #571C0A #8E2E11 #C54018 #E75D33

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.24

#8E2E11 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.55

#8E2E11 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E2E11

8.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E2E11	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E2E11	1.00	8.24	2.55	8.24
#FFFFFF	8.24	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.24	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4A410C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#62570B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D1029

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e2e11;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 46, 17);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.1% 0.136 36.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b76c53',
    500: '#8e2e11',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e2e11;
$custom-light: #b76c53;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e2e11",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 17
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13.92,
    "s": 78.616,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44122,
    "c": 0.13576,
    "h": 36.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.07745
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E2E11

secondary

#38A2C2

accent

#C8F533

background

#FCF6F4

surface

#F8ECE7

border

#D1C7C3

text

#130702

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E2E11

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

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