#8E1514#8E1514

#8E1514 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.063; OKLCH L 41.7% C 0.155 H 27.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E1514
RGB	rgb(142, 21, 20)
HSL	hsl(0, 75%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(0, 86%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 85.2%, 85.9%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.25, 48.30, 34.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.25, 59.24, 35.39°)
OKLab	oklab(41.74% 0.1378 0.072)
OKLCH	oklch(41.74% 0.155 27.6)
XYZ	xyz(11.5512, 6.3395, 1.2771)
Luminance	0.0634 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E1514 #148D8E

analogous

#8E1450 #8E1514 #8E5214

triadic

#8E1514 #148E15 #15148E

tetradic

#8E1514 #508E14 #148D8E #52148E

square

#8E1514 #508E14 #148D8E #52148E

split-complementary

#8E1514 #148E52 #14508E

monochromatic

#230505 #580D0C #8E1514 #C41D1C #E33B39

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.26

#8E1514 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.27

#8E1514 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E1514

9.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E1514	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E1514	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)

#3E3712

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B500D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D0017

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e1514;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 21, 20);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.7% 0.155 27.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b86153',
    500: '#8e1514',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e1514;
$custom-light: #b86153;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e1514",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 20
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.492,
    "s": 75.309,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41741,
    "c": 0.15543,
    "h": 27.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.06338
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E1514

secondary

#3CC1C2

accent

#F0F236

background

#FCF6F4

surface

#F8EBE7

border

#D1C6C3

text

#130602

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E1514

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

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