#8E1414#8E1414

#8E1414 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.063; OKLCH L 41.7% C 0.156 H 27.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E1414
RGB	rgb(142, 20, 20)
HSL	hsl(0, 75%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(0, 86%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 85.9%, 85.9%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.17, 48.55, 34.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.17, 59.40, 35.18°)
OKLab	oklab(41.68% 0.1385 0.0718)
OKLCH	oklch(41.68% 0.156 27.4)
XYZ	xyz(11.5332, 6.3035, 1.2711)
Luminance	0.0630 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E1414 #148E8E

analogous

#8E1451 #8E1414 #8E5114

triadic

#8E1414 #148E14 #14148E

tetradic

#8E1414 #518E14 #148E8E #51148E

square

#8E1414 #518E14 #148E8E #51148E

split-complementary

#8E1414 #148E51 #14518E

monochromatic

#230505 #580C0C #8E1414 #C41C1C #E33939

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.29

#8E1414 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.26

#8E1414 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E1414

9.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E1414	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E1414	1.00	9.29	2.26	9.29
#FFFFFF	9.29	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.26	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.29	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3D3612

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B500D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D0016

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e1414;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 20, 20);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.7% 0.156 27.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b96153',
    500: '#8e1414',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e1414;
$custom-light: #b96153;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e1414",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 20,
    "b": 20
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 75.309,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41676,
    "c": 0.15604,
    "h": 27.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.06302
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E1414

secondary

#3CC2C2

accent

#F2F236

background

#FCF6F4

surface

#F8EBE7

border

#D1C6C3

text

#130602

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E1414

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

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