#8E161C#8E161C

#8E161C is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.064; OKLCH L 41.9% C 0.154 H 25.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E161C
RGB	rgb(142, 22, 28)
HSL	hsl(357, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(357, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 84.5%, 80.3%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.42, 48.29, 29.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.42, 56.76, 31.72°)
OKLab	oklab(41.89% 0.1394 0.0652)
OKLCH	oklch(41.89% 0.154 25.1)
XYZ	xyz(11.6533, 6.4103, 1.7221)
Luminance	0.0641 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E161C #168E88

analogous

#8E1658 #8E161C #8E4C16

triadic

#8E161C #1C8E16 #161C8E

tetradic

#8E161C #588E16 #168E88 #4C168E

square

#8E161C #588E16 #168E88 #4C168E

split-complementary

#8E161C #168E4C #16588E

monochromatic

#240607 #590E12 #8E161C #C31E26 #E13D46

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.20

#8E161C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.28

#8E161C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E161C

9.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E161C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E161C	1.00	9.20	2.28	9.20
#FFFFFF	9.20	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.20	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3D371B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B5117

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D001A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e161c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 22, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.9% 0.154 25.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b86158',
    500: '#8e161c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e161c;
$custom-light: #b86158;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e161c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357,
    "s": 73.171,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41894,
    "c": 0.15391,
    "h": 25.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.06408
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E161C

secondary

#3FC1BA

accent

#F0E738

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130603

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E161C

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

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