#8E162B#8E162B

#8E162B is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.065; OKLCH L 42.1% C 0.153 H 18.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E162B
RGB	rgb(142, 22, 43)
HSL	hsl(350, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(350, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 84.5%, 69.7%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.64, 48.95, 20.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.64, 53.10, 22.82°)
OKLab	oklab(42.12% 0.1451 0.0483)
OKLCH	oklch(42.12% 0.153 18.4)
XYZ	xyz(11.8796, 6.5009, 2.9143)
Luminance	0.0650 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E162B #168E79

analogous

#8E1667 #8E162B #8E3D16

triadic

#8E162B #2B8E16 #162B8E

tetradic

#8E162B #678E16 #168E79 #3D168E

square

#8E162B #678E16 #168E79 #3D168E

split-complementary

#8E162B #168E3D #16678E

monochromatic

#24060B #590E1B #8E162B #C31E3B #E13D5A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.13

#8E162B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.30

#8E162B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E162B

9.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E162B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E162B	1.00	9.13	2.30	9.13
#FFFFFF	9.13	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.13	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3C382B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#595127

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C0020

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e162b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 22, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.1% 0.153 18.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b76264',
    500: '#8e162b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e162b;
$custom-light: #b76264;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e162b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 349.5,
    "s": 73.171,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42124,
    "c": 0.1529,
    "h": 18.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.06499
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E162B

secondary

#3FC1AA

accent

#F0D038

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBEA

border

#D1C6C6

text

#130605

muted

#827A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E162B

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

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