#8E1716#8E1716

#8E1716 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.064; OKLCH L 41.9% C 0.154 H 27.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E1716
RGB	rgb(142, 23, 22)
HSL	hsl(1, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(1, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 83.8%, 84.5%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.46, 47.83, 33.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.46, 58.33, 34.91°)
OKLab	oklab(41.9% 0.1367 0.0708)
OKLCH	oklch(41.9% 0.154 27.4)
XYZ	xyz(11.6080, 6.4234, 1.3876)
Luminance	0.0642 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E1716 #168D8E

analogous

#8E1651 #8E1716 #8E5316

triadic

#8E1716 #168E17 #17168E

tetradic

#8E1716 #518E16 #168D8E #53168E

square

#8E1716 #518E16 #168D8E #53168E

split-complementary

#8E1716 #168E53 #16518E

monochromatic

#240606 #590E0E #8E1716 #C3201E #E13F3D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.19

#8E1716 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.28

#8E1716 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E1716

9.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E1716	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E1716	1.00	9.19	2.28	9.19
#FFFFFF	9.19	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.19	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3E3714

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B510F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D0019

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e1716;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 23, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.9% 0.154 27.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b86254',
    500: '#8e1716',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e1716;
$custom-light: #b86254;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e1716",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.5,
    "s": 73.171,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41897,
    "c": 0.15391,
    "h": 27.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.06422
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E1716

secondary

#3FC0C1

accent

#EEF038

background

#FCF6F4

surface

#F8EBE7

border

#D1C6C3

text

#130603

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E1716

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

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