#8E1814#8E1814

#8E1814 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.065; OKLCH L 42.0% C 0.153 H 28.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E1814
RGB	rgb(142, 24, 20)
HSL	hsl(2, 75%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(2, 86%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 83.1%, 85.9%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.54, 47.50, 34.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.54, 58.74, 36.04°)
OKLab	oklab(41.95% 0.1352 0.0726)
OKLCH	oklch(41.95% 0.153 28.2)
XYZ	xyz(11.6097, 6.4565, 1.2966)
Luminance	0.0645 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E1814 #148A8E

analogous

#8E144D #8E1814 #8E5514

triadic

#8E1814 #148E18 #18148E

tetradic

#8E1814 #4D8E14 #148A8E #55148E

square

#8E1814 #4D8E14 #148A8E #55148E

split-complementary

#8E1814 #148E55 #144D8E

monochromatic

#230605 #580F0C #8E1814 #C4211C #E33F39

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.17

#8E1814 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.29

#8E1814 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E1814

9.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E1814	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E1814	1.00	9.17	2.29	9.17
#FFFFFF	9.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3F3712

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B510D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D0019

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e1814;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 24, 20);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.0% 0.153 28.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b86253',
    500: '#8e1814',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e1814;
$custom-light: #b86253;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e1814",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 20
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.967,
    "s": 75.309,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41951,
    "c": 0.15347,
    "h": 28.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.06455
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E1814

secondary

#3CBDC2

accent

#ECF236

background

#FCF6F4

surface

#F8EBE7

border

#D1C6C3

text

#130602

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E1814

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

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