#8E1619#8E1619

#8E1619 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.064; OKLCH L 41.9% C 0.154 H 26.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E1619
RGB	rgb(142, 22, 25)
HSL	hsl(359, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(359, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 84.5%, 82.4%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.39, 48.19, 31.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.39, 57.62, 33.25°)
OKLab	oklab(41.86% 0.1384 0.068)
OKLCH	oklch(41.86% 0.154 26.2)
XYZ	xyz(11.6192, 6.3967, 1.5424)
Luminance	0.0640 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E1619 #168E8B

analogous

#8E1655 #8E1619 #8E4F16

triadic

#8E1619 #198E16 #16198E

tetradic

#8E1619 #558E16 #168E8B #4F168E

square

#8E1619 #558E16 #168E8B #4F168E

split-complementary

#8E1619 #168E4F #16558E

monochromatic

#240606 #590E10 #8E1619 #C31E22 #E13D41

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.21

#8E1619 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.28

#8E1619 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E1619

9.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E1619	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E1619	1.00	9.21	2.28	9.21
#FFFFFF	9.21	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.21	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3E3717

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B5113

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D0019

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e1619;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 22, 25);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.9% 0.154 26.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b86156',
    500: '#8e1619',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e1619;
$custom-light: #b86156;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e1619",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 25
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.5,
    "s": 73.171,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41859,
    "c": 0.15423,
    "h": 26.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.06395
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E1619

secondary

#3FC1BE

accent

#F0EB38

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130603

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E1619

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

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