#8E1719#8E1719

#8E1719 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.064; OKLCH L 41.9% C 0.154 H 26.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E1719
RGB	rgb(142, 23, 25)
HSL	hsl(359, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(359, 84%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 83.8%, 82.4%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.49, 47.92, 31.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.49, 57.45, 33.48°)
OKLab	oklab(41.93% 0.1376 0.0682)
OKLCH	oklch(41.93% 0.154 26.4)
XYZ	xyz(11.6386, 6.4357, 1.5489)
Luminance	0.0643 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E1719 #178E8C

analogous

#8E1754 #8E1719 #8E5117

triadic

#8E1719 #198E17 #17198E

tetradic

#8E1719 #548E17 #178E8C #51178E

square

#8E1719 #548E17 #178E8C #51178E

split-complementary

#8E1719 #178E51 #17548E

monochromatic

#250606 #590E10 #8E1719 #C32022 #E03F42

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.18

#8E1719 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.29

#8E1719 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E1719

9.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E1719	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E1719	1.00	9.18	2.29	9.18
#FFFFFF	9.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3E3717

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B5113

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D001A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e1719;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 23, 25);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.9% 0.154 26.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b86256',
    500: '#8e1719',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e1719;
$custom-light: #b86256;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e1719",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 25
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.992,
    "s": 72.121,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41929,
    "c": 0.15357,
    "h": 26.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.06434
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E1719

secondary

#40C0BE

accent

#EFEC39

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130603

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E1719

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

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