#8E1818#8E1818

#8E1818 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.065; OKLCH L 42.0% C 0.153 H 26.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E1818
RGB	rgb(142, 24, 24)
HSL	hsl(0, 71%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(0, 83%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 83.1%, 83.1%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.57, 47.61, 32.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.57, 57.56, 34.20°)
OKLab	oklab(41.99% 0.1364 0.0693)
OKLCH	oklch(41.99% 0.153 26.9)
XYZ	xyz(11.6483, 6.4719, 1.4999)
Luminance	0.0647 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E1818 #188E8E

analogous

#8E1853 #8E1818 #8E5318

triadic

#8E1818 #188E18 #18188E

tetradic

#8E1818 #538E18 #188E8E #53188E

square

#8E1818 #538E18 #188E8E #53188E

split-complementary

#8E1818 #188E53 #18538E

monochromatic

#250606 #5A0F0F #8E1818 #C22121 #DF4141

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.15

#8E1818 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.29

#8E1818 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E1818

9.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E1818	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E1818	1.00	9.15	2.29	9.15
#FFFFFF	9.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3F3816

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B5112

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D001A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e1818;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 24, 24);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.0% 0.153 26.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b86256',
    500: '#8e1818',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e1818;
$custom-light: #b86256;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e1818",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 24
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 71.084,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4199,
    "c": 0.15301,
    "h": 26.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.0647
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E1818

secondary

#42C0C0

accent

#EEEE3A

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130603

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E1818

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

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