#8E1620#8E1620

#8E1620 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.064; OKLCH L 41.9% C 0.154 H 23.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E1620
RGB	rgb(142, 22, 32)
HSL	hsl(355, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(355, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 84.5%, 77.5%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.47, 48.44, 27.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.47, 55.67, 29.53°)
OKLab	oklab(41.95% 0.1408 0.0612)
OKLCH	oklch(41.95% 0.154 23.5)
XYZ	xyz(11.7044, 6.4308, 1.9912)
Luminance	0.0643 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E1620 #168E84

analogous

#8E165C #8E1620 #8E4816

triadic

#8E1620 #208E16 #16208E

tetradic

#8E1620 #5C8E16 #168E84 #48168E

square

#8E1620 #5C8E16 #168E84 #48168E

split-complementary

#8E1620 #168E48 #165C8E

monochromatic

#240608 #590E14 #8E1620 #C31E2C #E13D4B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.19

#8E1620 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.29

#8E1620 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E1620

9.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E1620	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E1620	1.00	9.19	2.29	9.19
#FFFFFF	9.19	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.19	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3D371F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A511B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D001B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e1620;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 22, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.9% 0.154 23.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b8625b',
    500: '#8e1620',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e1620;
$custom-light: #b8625b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e1620",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355,
    "s": 73.171,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41946,
    "c": 0.15353,
    "h": 23.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.06429
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E1620

secondary

#3FC1B6

accent

#F0E138

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130604

muted

#827A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E1620

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

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