#8E1817#8E1817

#8E1817 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.065; OKLCH L 42.0% C 0.153 H 27.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E1817
RGB	rgb(142, 24, 23)
HSL	hsl(1, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(1, 84%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 83.1%, 83.8%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.56, 47.58, 32.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.56, 57.86, 34.68°)
OKLab	oklab(41.98% 0.1361 0.0702)
OKLCH	oklch(41.98% 0.153 27.3)
XYZ	xyz(11.6381, 6.4678, 1.4461)
Luminance	0.0647 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E1817 #178D8E

analogous

#8E1752 #8E1817 #8E5317

triadic

#8E1817 #178E18 #18178E

tetradic

#8E1817 #528E17 #178D8E #53178E

square

#8E1817 #528E17 #178D8E #53178E

split-complementary

#8E1817 #178E53 #17528E

monochromatic

#250606 #590F0E #8E1817 #C32120 #E0413F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.16

#8E1817 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.29

#8E1817 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E1817

9.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E1817	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E1817	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)

#3F3815

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B5111

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D001A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e1817;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 24, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.0% 0.153 27.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b86255',
    500: '#8e1817',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e1817;
$custom-light: #b86255;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e1817",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.504,
    "s": 72.121,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4198,
    "c": 0.15312,
    "h": 27.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.06466
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E1817

secondary

#40BFC0

accent

#EDEF39

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE8

border

#D1C6C4

text

#130603

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E1817

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

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