#8E1815#8E1815

#8E1815 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.065; OKLCH L 42.0% C 0.153 H 27.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E1815
RGB	rgb(142, 24, 21)
HSL	hsl(1, 74%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(1, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 83.1%, 85.2%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.54, 47.52, 34.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.54, 58.45, 35.60°)
OKLab	oklab(41.96% 0.1355 0.0718)
OKLCH	oklch(41.96% 0.153 27.9)
XYZ	xyz(11.6188, 6.4601, 1.3445)
Luminance	0.0646 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E1815 #158B8E

analogous

#8E154E #8E1815 #8E5515

triadic

#8E1815 #158E18 #18158E

tetradic

#8E1815 #4E8E15 #158B8E #55158E

square

#8E1815 #4E8E15 #158B8E #55158E

split-complementary

#8E1815 #158E55 #154E8E

monochromatic

#230605 #590F0D #8E1815 #C3211D #E23F3B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.16

#8E1815 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.29

#8E1815 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E1815

9.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E1815	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E1815	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)

#3F3813

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B510E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D0019

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e1815;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 24, 21);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.0% 0.153 27.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b86254',
    500: '#8e1815',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e1815;
$custom-light: #b86254;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e1815",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 21
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.488,
    "s": 74.233,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4196,
    "c": 0.15335,
    "h": 27.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.06458
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E1815

secondary

#3DBEC2

accent

#ECF137

background

#FCF6F4

surface

#F8EBE7

border

#D1C6C3

text

#130602

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E1815

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

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