#8E1618#8E1618

#8E1618 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.064; OKLCH L 41.8% C 0.154 H 26.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E1618
RGB	rgb(142, 22, 24)
HSL	hsl(359, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(359, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 84.5%, 83.1%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.38, 48.15, 32.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.38, 57.91, 33.74°)
OKLab	oklab(41.85% 0.1381 0.0689)
OKLCH	oklch(41.85% 0.154 26.5)
XYZ	xyz(11.6086, 6.3925, 1.4866)
Luminance	0.0639 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E1618 #168E8C

analogous

#8E1654 #8E1618 #8E5016

triadic

#8E1618 #188E16 #16188E

tetradic

#8E1618 #548E16 #168E8C #50168E

square

#8E1618 #548E16 #168E8C #50168E

split-complementary

#8E1618 #168E50 #16548E

monochromatic

#240606 #590E0F #8E1618 #C31E21 #E13D40

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.22

#8E1618 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.28

#8E1618 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E1618

9.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E1618	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E1618	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)

#3E3716

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B5112

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D0019

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e1618;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 22, 24);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.8% 0.154 26.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b86156',
    500: '#8e1618',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e1618;
$custom-light: #b86156;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e1618",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 24
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359,
    "s": 73.171,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41848,
    "c": 0.15435,
    "h": 26.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.06391
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E1618

secondary

#3FC1BF

accent

#F0ED38

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130603

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E1618

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

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