#8E161B#8E161B

#8E161B is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.064; OKLCH L 41.9% C 0.154 H 25.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E161B
RGB	rgb(142, 22, 27)
HSL	hsl(358, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(358, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 84.5%, 81%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.41, 48.25, 30.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.41, 57.05, 32.24°)
OKLab	oklab(41.88% 0.1391 0.0662)
OKLCH	oklch(41.88% 0.154 25.4)
XYZ	xyz(11.6415, 6.4056, 1.6601)
Luminance	0.0640 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E161B #168E89

analogous

#8E1657 #8E161B #8E4D16

triadic

#8E161B #1B8E16 #161B8E

tetradic

#8E161B #578E16 #168E89 #4D168E

square

#8E161B #578E16 #168E89 #4D168E

split-complementary

#8E161B #168E4D #16578E

monochromatic

#240607 #590E11 #8E161B #C31E25 #E13D44

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.21

#8E161B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.28

#8E161B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E161B

9.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E161B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E161B	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)

#3D371A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B5116

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D001A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e161b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 22, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.9% 0.154 25.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b86158',
    500: '#8e161b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e161b;
$custom-light: #b86158;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e161b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.5,
    "s": 73.171,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41882,
    "c": 0.15402,
    "h": 25.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.06404
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E161B

secondary

#3FC1BC

accent

#F0E838

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130603

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E161B

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

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