#8E161A#8E161A

#8E161A is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.064; OKLCH L 41.9% C 0.154 H 25.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E161A
RGB	rgb(142, 22, 26)
HSL	hsl(358, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(358, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 84.5%, 81.7%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.40, 48.22, 31.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.40, 57.33, 32.75°)
OKLab	oklab(41.87% 0.1388 0.0671)
OKLCH	oklch(41.87% 0.154 25.8)
XYZ	xyz(11.6301, 6.4011, 1.6003)
Luminance	0.0640 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E161A #168E8A

analogous

#8E1656 #8E161A #8E4E16

triadic

#8E161A #1A8E16 #161A8E

tetradic

#8E161A #568E16 #168E8A #4E168E

square

#8E161A #568E16 #168E8A #4E168E

split-complementary

#8E161A #168E4E #16568E

monochromatic

#240607 #590E10 #8E161A #C31E24 #E13D43

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.21

#8E161A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.28

#8E161A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E161A

9.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E161A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E161A	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)

#3E3719

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B5114

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D0019

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e161a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 22, 26);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.9% 0.154 25.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b86157',
    500: '#8e161a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e161a;
$custom-light: #b86157;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e161a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 26
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358,
    "s": 73.171,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4187,
    "c": 0.15412,
    "h": 25.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.06399
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E161A

secondary

#3FC1BD

accent

#F0EA38

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130603

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E161A

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

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