#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
RGB	rgb(142, 22, 22)
HSL	hsl(0, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(0, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 84.5%, 84.5%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.36, 48.09, 33.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.36, 58.49, 34.69°)
OKLab	oklab(41.83% 0.1375 0.0706)
OKLCH	oklch(41.83% 0.155 27.2)
XYZ	xyz(11.5885, 6.3844, 1.3811)
Luminance	0.0638 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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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
##8E1616	1.00	9.22	2.28	9.22
#FFFFFF	9.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

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

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

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