#8E171A#8E171A

#8E171A is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.064; OKLCH L 41.9% C 0.153 H 26.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E171A
RGB	rgb(142, 23, 26)
HSL	hsl(358, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(358, 84%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 83.8%, 81.7%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.50, 47.95, 31.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.50, 57.16, 32.98°)
OKLab	oklab(41.94% 0.1379 0.0673)
OKLCH	oklch(41.94% 0.153 26)
XYZ	xyz(11.6496, 6.4401, 1.6068)
Luminance	0.0644 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E171A #178E8B

analogous

#8E1756 #8E171A #8E4F17

triadic

#8E171A #1A8E17 #171A8E

tetradic

#8E171A #568E17 #178E8B #4F178E

square

#8E171A #568E17 #178E8B #4F178E

split-complementary

#8E171A #178E4F #17568E

monochromatic

#250607 #590E10 #8E171A #C32024 #E03F43

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.18

#8E171A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.29

#8E171A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E171A

9.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E171A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E171A	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)

#3E3718

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B5114

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D001A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e171a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 23, 26);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.9% 0.153 26.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b86257',
    500: '#8e171a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e171a;
$custom-light: #b86257;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e171a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 26
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.487,
    "s": 72.121,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4194,
    "c": 0.15346,
    "h": 26
  },
  "luminance": 0.06438
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E171A

secondary

#40C0BD

accent

#EFEA39

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130603

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E171A

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

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