#8E162F#8E162F

#8E162F is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.065; OKLCH L 42.2% C 0.153 H 16.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E162F
RGB	rgb(142, 22, 47)
HSL	hsl(348, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(348, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 84.5%, 66.9%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.72, 49.17, 18.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.72, 52.38, 20.17°)
OKLab	oklab(42.2% 0.1467 0.0431)
OKLCH	oklch(42.2% 0.153 16.4)
XYZ	xyz(11.9567, 6.5317, 3.3199)
Luminance	0.0653 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8E162F #168E75

analogous

#8E166B #8E162F #8E3916

triadic

#8E162F #2F8E16 #162F8E

tetradic

#8E162F #6B8E16 #168E75 #39168E

square

#8E162F #6B8E16 #168E75 #39168E

split-complementary

#8E162F #168E39 #166B8E

monochromatic

#24060C #590E1D #8E162F #C31E41 #E13D5F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.11

#8E162F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.31

#8E162F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E162F

9.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E162F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E162F	1.00	9.11	2.31	9.11
#FFFFFF	9.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.11	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3B382F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#59512C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C0021

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e162f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 22, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.2% 0.153 16.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b66267',
    500: '#8e162f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e162f;
$custom-light: #b66267;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e162f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 347.5,
    "s": 73.171,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42202,
    "c": 0.1529,
    "h": 16.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.0653
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E162F

secondary

#3FC1A6

accent

#F0CA38

background

#FCF6F6

surface

#F8EBEB

border

#D1C6C6

text

#130606

muted

#827A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E162F

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

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