#8E1416#8E1416

#8E1416 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.063; OKLCH L 41.7% C 0.156 H 26.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E1416
RGB	rgb(142, 20, 22)
HSL	hsl(359, 75%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(359, 86%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 85.9%, 84.5%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.18, 48.60, 33.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.18, 58.82, 34.27°)
OKLab	oklab(41.7% 0.1391 0.0702)
OKLCH	oklch(41.7% 0.156 26.8)
XYZ	xyz(11.5518, 6.3109, 1.3688)
Luminance	0.0631 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E1416 #148E8C

analogous

#8E1453 #8E1416 #8E4F14

triadic

#8E1416 #168E14 #14168E

tetradic

#8E1416 #538E14 #148E8C #4F148E

square

#8E1416 #538E14 #148E8C #4F148E

split-complementary

#8E1416 #148E4F #14538E

monochromatic

#230505 #580C0E #8E1416 #C41C1E #E3393C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.28

#8E1416 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.26

#8E1416 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E1416

9.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E1416	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E1416	1.00	9.28	2.26	9.28
#FFFFFF	9.28	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.26	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.28	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3D3614

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B500F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D0017

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e1416;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 20, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.7% 0.156 26.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b86154',
    500: '#8e1416',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e1416;
$custom-light: #b86154;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e1416",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 20,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.016,
    "s": 75.309,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41695,
    "c": 0.15582,
    "h": 26.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.06309
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E1416

secondary

#3CC2C0

accent

#F2EF36

background

#FCF6F4

surface

#F8EBE7

border

#D1C6C3

text

#130603

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E1416

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

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