#8E1816#8E1816

#8E1816 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.065; OKLCH L 42.0% C 0.153 H 27.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E1816
RGB	rgb(142, 24, 22)
HSL	hsl(1, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(1, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 83.1%, 84.5%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.55, 47.55, 33.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.55, 58.15, 35.14°)
OKLab	oklab(41.97% 0.1358 0.071)
OKLCH	oklch(41.97% 0.153 27.6)
XYZ	xyz(11.6282, 6.4639, 1.3943)
Luminance	0.0646 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E1816 #168C8E

analogous

#8E1650 #8E1816 #8E5416

triadic

#8E1816 #168E18 #18168E

tetradic

#8E1816 #508E16 #168C8E #54168E

square

#8E1816 #508E16 #168C8E #54168E

split-complementary

#8E1816 #168E54 #16508E

monochromatic

#240606 #590F0E #8E1816 #C3211E #E1403D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.16

#8E1816 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.29

#8E1816 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E1816

9.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E1816	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E1816	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)

#3F3814

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B510F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D001A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e1816;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 24, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.0% 0.153 27.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b86254',
    500: '#8e1816',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e1816;
$custom-light: #b86254;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e1816",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1,
    "s": 73.171,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4197,
    "c": 0.15324,
    "h": 27.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.06462
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E1816

secondary

#3FBFC1

accent

#EDF038

background

#FCF6F4

surface

#F8EBE7

border

#D1C6C3

text

#130603

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E1816

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

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