#8E162E#8E162E

#8E162E is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.065; OKLCH L 42.2% C 0.153 H 16.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E162E
RGB	rgb(142, 22, 46)
HSL	hsl(348, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(348, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 84.5%, 67.6%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.70, 49.11, 18.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.70, 52.55, 20.84°)
OKLab	oklab(42.18% 0.1463 0.0445)
OKLCH	oklch(42.18% 0.153 16.9)
XYZ	xyz(11.9367, 6.5237, 3.2149)
Luminance	0.0652 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E162E #168E76

analogous

#8E166A #8E162E #8E3A16

triadic

#8E162E #2E8E16 #162E8E

tetradic

#8E162E #6A8E16 #168E76 #3A168E

square

#8E162E #6A8E16 #168E76 #3A168E

split-complementary

#8E162E #168E3A #166A8E

monochromatic

#24060C #590E1D #8E162E #C31E3F #E13D5E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.11

#8E162E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.30

#8E162E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E162E

9.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E162E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E162E	1.00	9.11	2.30	9.11
#FFFFFF	9.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.11	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3B382E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#59512A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C0021

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e162e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 22, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.2% 0.153 16.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b66266',
    500: '#8e162e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e162e;
$custom-light: #b66266;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e162e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 348,
    "s": 73.171,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42182,
    "c": 0.15289,
    "h": 16.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.06522
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E162E

secondary

#3FC1A7

accent

#F0CB38

background

#FCF6F6

surface

#F8EBEB

border

#D1C6C6

text

#130605

muted

#827A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E162E

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

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