#8E1614#8E1614

#8E1614 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.064; OKLCH L 41.8% C 0.155 H 27.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E1614
RGB	rgb(142, 22, 20)
HSL	hsl(1, 75%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(1, 86%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 84.5%, 85.9%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.34, 48.04, 34.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.34, 59.08, 35.60°)
OKLab	oklab(41.81% 0.1369 0.0722)
OKLCH	oklch(41.81% 0.155 27.8)
XYZ	xyz(11.5700, 6.3770, 1.2834)
Luminance	0.0638 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8E1614 #148C8E

analogous

#8E144F #8E1614 #8E5314

triadic

#8E1614 #148E16 #16148E

tetradic

#8E1614 #4F8E14 #148C8E #53148E

square

#8E1614 #4F8E14 #148C8E #53148E

split-complementary

#8E1614 #148E53 #144F8E

monochromatic

#230505 #580E0C #8E1614 #C41E1C #E33C39

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.23

#8E1614 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.28

#8E1614 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E1614

9.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E1614	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E1614	1.00	9.23	2.28	9.23
#FFFFFF	9.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3E3712

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B510D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D0018

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e1614;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 22, 20);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.8% 0.155 27.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b86153',
    500: '#8e1614',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e1614;
$custom-light: #b86153;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e1614",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 20
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.984,
    "s": 75.309,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41809,
    "c": 0.15479,
    "h": 27.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.06375
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E1614

secondary

#3CC0C2

accent

#EFF236

background

#FCF6F4

surface

#F8EBE7

border

#D1C6C3

text

#130602

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E1614

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

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