#8E161D#8E161D

#8E161D is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.064; OKLCH L 41.9% C 0.154 H 24.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E161D
RGB	rgb(142, 22, 29)
HSL	hsl(357, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(357, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 84.5%, 79.6%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.44, 48.32, 29.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.44, 56.48, 31.18°)
OKLab	oklab(41.91% 0.1398 0.0642)
OKLCH	oklch(41.91% 0.154 24.7)
XYZ	xyz(11.6654, 6.4152, 1.7862)
Luminance	0.0641 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E161D #168E87

analogous

#8E1659 #8E161D #8E4B16

triadic

#8E161D #1D8E16 #161D8E

tetradic

#8E161D #598E16 #168E87 #4B168E

square

#8E161D #598E16 #168E87 #4B168E

split-complementary

#8E161D #168E4B #16598E

monochromatic

#240607 #590E12 #8E161D #C31E28 #E13D47

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.20

#8E161D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.28

#8E161D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E161D

9.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E161D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E161D	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)

#3D371C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B5118

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D001A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e161d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 22, 29);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.9% 0.154 24.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b86259',
    500: '#8e161d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e161d;
$custom-light: #b86259;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e161d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 29
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.5,
    "s": 73.171,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41906,
    "c": 0.15381,
    "h": 24.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.06413
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E161D

secondary

#3FC1B9

accent

#F0E538

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130603

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E161D

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

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