#8E142B#8E142B

#8E142B is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.064; OKLCH L 42.0% C 0.154 H 18.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E142B
RGB	rgb(142, 20, 43)
HSL	hsl(349, 75%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(349, 86%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 85.9%, 69.7%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.47, 49.45, 20.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.47, 53.48, 22.39°)
OKLab	oklab(41.99% 0.1467 0.0478)
OKLCH	oklch(41.99% 0.154 18.1)
XYZ	xyz(11.8429, 6.4274, 2.9021)
Luminance	0.0643 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E142B #148E77

analogous

#8E1468 #8E142B #8E3A14

triadic

#8E142B #2B8E14 #142B8E

tetradic

#8E142B #688E14 #148E77 #3A148E

square

#8E142B #688E14 #148E77 #3A148E

split-complementary

#8E142B #148E3A #14688E

monochromatic

#23050B #580C1B #8E142B #C41C3B #E33959

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.19

#8E142B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.29

#8E142B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E142B

9.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E142B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E142B	1.00	9.19	2.29	9.19
#FFFFFF	9.19	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.19	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3B372B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#595127

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C001F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e142b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 20, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.0% 0.154 18.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b76164',
    500: '#8e142b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e142b;
$custom-light: #b76164;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e142b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 20,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 348.689,
    "s": 75.309,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41994,
    "c": 0.15428,
    "h": 18.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.06426
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E142B

secondary

#3CC2A9

accent

#F2CE36

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBEA

border

#D1C6C6

text

#130605

muted

#827A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E142B

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

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