#8E171E#8E171E

#8E171E is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.065; OKLCH L 42.0% C 0.153 H 24.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E171E
RGB	rgb(142, 23, 30)
HSL	hsl(356, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(356, 84%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 83.8%, 78.9%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.54, 48.09, 28.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.54, 56.03, 30.87°)
OKLab	oklab(41.99% 0.1393 0.0635)
OKLCH	oklch(41.99% 0.153 24.5)
XYZ	xyz(11.6975, 6.4592, 1.8589)
Luminance	0.0646 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E171E #178E87

analogous

#8E1759 #8E171E #8E4C17

triadic

#8E171E #1E8E17 #171E8E

tetradic

#8E171E #598E17 #178E87 #4C178E

square

#8E171E #598E17 #178E87 #4C178E

split-complementary

#8E171E #178E4C #17598E

monochromatic

#250608 #590E13 #8E171E #C32029 #E03F49

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.16

#8E171E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.29

#8E171E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E171E

9.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E171E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E171E	1.00	9.16	2.29	9.16
#FFFFFF	9.16	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.16	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3E381D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B5119

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D001B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e171e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 23, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.0% 0.153 24.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b8625a',
    500: '#8e171e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e171e;
$custom-light: #b8625a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e171e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.471,
    "s": 72.121,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41989,
    "c": 0.15304,
    "h": 24.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.06457
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E171E

secondary

#40C0B9

accent

#EFE439

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130603

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E171E

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

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