#8E1819#8E1819

#8E1819 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.065; OKLCH L 42.0% C 0.153 H 26.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E1819
RGB	rgb(142, 24, 25)
HSL	hsl(359, 71%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(359, 83%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 83.1%, 82.4%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.58, 47.64, 31.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.58, 57.27, 33.71°)
OKLab	oklab(42% 0.1367 0.0684)
OKLCH	oklch(42% 0.153 26.6)
XYZ	xyz(11.6589, 6.4761, 1.5557)
Luminance	0.0647 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E1819 #188E8D

analogous

#8E1854 #8E1819 #8E5218

triadic

#8E1819 #198E18 #18198E

tetradic

#8E1819 #548E18 #188E8D #52188E

square

#8E1819 #548E18 #188E8D #52188E

split-complementary

#8E1819 #188E52 #18548E

monochromatic

#250607 #5A0F10 #8E1819 #C22122 #DF4143

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.15

#8E1819 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.29

#8E1819 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E1819

9.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E1819	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E1819	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)

#3E3817

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B5113

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D001A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e1819;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 24, 25);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.0% 0.153 26.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b86256',
    500: '#8e1819',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e1819;
$custom-light: #b86256;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e1819",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 25
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.492,
    "s": 71.084,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42001,
    "c": 0.15289,
    "h": 26.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.06474
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E1819

secondary

#42C0BF

accent

#EEEC3A

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130603

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E1819

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

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