#8E1616#8E1616

#8E1616 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.064; OKLCH L 41.8% C 0.155 H 27.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#8E1616
RGBrgb(142, 22, 22)
HSLhsl(0, 73%, 32%)
HSVhsv(0, 85%, 56%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 84.5%, 84.5%, 44.3%)
CIE-LABlab(30.36, 48.09, 33.29)
CIE-LCHlch(30.36, 58.49, 34.69°)
OKLaboklab(41.83% 0.1375 0.0706)
OKLCHoklch(41.83% 0.155 27.2)
XYZxyz(11.5885, 6.3844, 1.3811)
Luminance0.0638 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyred

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#8E1616 #168E8E
analogous
#8E1652 #8E1616 #8E5216
triadic
#8E1616 #168E16 #16168E
tetradic
#8E1616 #528E16 #168E8E #52168E
square
#8E1616 #528E16 #168E8E #52168E
split-complementary
#8E1616 #168E52 #16528E
monochromatic
#240606 #590E0E #8E1616 #C31E1E #E13D3D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.22
#8E1616 on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.28
#8E1616 on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E1616
9.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##8E1616#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##8E16161.009.222.289.22
#FFFFFF9.221.0021.001.00
#0000002.2821.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF9.221.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#3E3714
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#5B510F
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#9D0018
Achromatopsia (no color)
#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #8e1616;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 22, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.8% 0.155 27.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b86154',
    500: '#8e1616',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #8e1616;
$custom-light: #b86154;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#8e1616",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 73.171,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41828,
    "c": 0.15457,
    "h": 27.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.06383
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#8E1616
secondary
#3FC1C1
accent
#F0F038
background
#FCF6F4
surface
#F8EBE7
border
#D1C6C3
text
#130603
muted
#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E1616

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#8E1616 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva