#8E1513#8E1513

#8E1513 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.063; OKLCH L 41.7% C 0.156 H 27.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E1513
RGB	rgb(142, 21, 19)
HSL	hsl(1, 76%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(1, 87%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 85.2%, 86.6%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.25, 48.27, 34.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.25, 59.53, 35.82°)
OKLab	oklab(41.73% 0.1375 0.0728)
OKLCH	oklch(41.73% 0.156 27.9)
XYZ	xyz(11.5425, 6.3361, 1.2312)
Luminance	0.0633 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E1513 #138C8E

analogous

#8E134F #8E1513 #8E5313

triadic

#8E1513 #138E15 #15138E

tetradic

#8E1513 #4F8E13 #138C8E #53138E

square

#8E1513 #4F8E13 #138C8E #53138E

split-complementary

#8E1513 #138E53 #134F8E

monochromatic

#220505 #580D0C #8E1513 #C41D1A #E43A37

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.26

#8E1513 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.27

#8E1513 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E1513

9.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E1513	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E1513	1.00	9.26	2.27	9.26
#FFFFFF	9.26	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.26	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3E3611

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B500B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D0017

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e1513;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 21, 19);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.7% 0.156 27.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b96152',
    500: '#8e1513',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e1513;
$custom-light: #b96152;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e1513",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 19
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.976,
    "s": 76.398,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41732,
    "c": 0.15553,
    "h": 27.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.06334
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E1513

secondary

#3BC0C2

accent

#F0F335

background

#FCF6F4

surface

#F8EBE7

border

#D1C6C3

text

#130602

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E1513

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

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