#8E1720#8E1720

#8E1720 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.065; OKLCH L 42.0% C 0.153 H 23.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E1720
RGB	rgb(142, 23, 32)
HSL	hsl(355, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(355, 84%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 83.8%, 77.5%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.57, 48.17, 27.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.57, 55.49, 29.76°)
OKLab	oklab(42.02% 0.14 0.0614)
OKLCH	oklch(42.02% 0.153 23.7)
XYZ	xyz(11.7239, 6.4698, 1.9977)
Luminance	0.0647 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E1720 #178E85

analogous

#8E175C #8E1720 #8E4917

triadic

#8E1720 #208E17 #17208E

tetradic

#8E1720 #5C8E17 #178E85 #49178E

square

#8E1720 #5C8E17 #178E85 #49178E

split-complementary

#8E1720 #178E49 #175C8E

monochromatic

#250608 #590E14 #8E1720 #C3202C #E03F4C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.16

#8E1720 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.29

#8E1720 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E1720

9.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E1720	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E1720	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)

#3D381F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B511B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D001C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e1720;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 23, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.0% 0.153 23.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b8625b',
    500: '#8e1720',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e1720;
$custom-light: #b8625b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e1720",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.462,
    "s": 72.121,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42015,
    "c": 0.15284,
    "h": 23.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.06468
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E1720

secondary

#40C0B7

accent

#EFE139

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130604

muted

#827A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E1720

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

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