#8E162D#8E162D

#8E162D is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.065; OKLCH L 42.2% C 0.153 H 17.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E162D
RGB	rgb(142, 22, 45)
HSL	hsl(349, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(349, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 84.5%, 68.3%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.68, 49.05, 19.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.68, 52.73, 21.51°)
OKLab	oklab(42.16% 0.1459 0.0458)
OKLCH	oklch(42.16% 0.153 17.4)
XYZ	xyz(11.9172, 6.5159, 3.1123)
Luminance	0.0651 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E162D #168E77

analogous

#8E1669 #8E162D #8E3B16

triadic

#8E162D #2D8E16 #162D8E

tetradic

#8E162D #698E16 #168E77 #3B168E

square

#8E162D #698E16 #168E77 #3B168E

split-complementary

#8E162D #168E3B #16698E

monochromatic

#24060B #590E1C #8E162D #C31E3E #E13D5D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.12

#8E162D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.30

#8E162D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E162D

9.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E162D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E162D	1.00	9.12	2.30	9.12
#FFFFFF	9.12	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.12	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3B382D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#595129

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C0020

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e162d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 22, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.2% 0.153 17.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b76265',
    500: '#8e162d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e162d;
$custom-light: #b76265;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e162d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 348.5,
    "s": 73.171,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42163,
    "c": 0.15288,
    "h": 17.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.06514
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E162D

secondary

#3FC1A8

accent

#F0CD38

background

#FCF6F6

surface

#F8EBEB

border

#D1C6C6

text

#130605

muted

#827A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E162D

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

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