#8E1718#8E1718

#8E1718 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.064; OKLCH L 41.9% C 0.154 H 26.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E1718
RGB	rgb(142, 23, 24)
HSL	hsl(359, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(359, 84%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 83.8%, 83.1%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.48, 47.89, 32.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.48, 57.74, 33.97°)
OKLab	oklab(41.92% 0.1373 0.0691)
OKLCH	oklch(41.92% 0.154 26.7)
XYZ	xyz(11.6280, 6.4314, 1.4931)
Luminance	0.0643 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E1718 #178E8D

analogous

#8E1753 #8E1718 #8E5217

triadic

#8E1718 #188E17 #17188E

tetradic

#8E1718 #538E17 #178E8D #52178E

square

#8E1718 #538E17 #178E8D #52178E

split-complementary

#8E1718 #178E52 #17538E

monochromatic

#250606 #590E0F #8E1718 #C32021 #E03F41

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.19

#8E1718 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.29

#8E1718 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E1718

9.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E1718	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E1718	1.00	9.19	2.29	9.19
#FFFFFF	9.19	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.19	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3E3716

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B5112

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D0019

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e1718;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 23, 24);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.9% 0.154 26.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b86256',
    500: '#8e1718',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e1718;
$custom-light: #b86256;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e1718",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 24
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.496,
    "s": 72.121,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41918,
    "c": 0.15368,
    "h": 26.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.0643
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E1718

secondary

#40C0BF

accent

#EFED39

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130603

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E1718

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →