#8E181A#8E181A

#8E181A is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.065; OKLCH L 42.0% C 0.153 H 26.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E181A
RGB	rgb(142, 24, 26)
HSL	hsl(359, 71%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(359, 83%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 83.1%, 81.7%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.59, 47.68, 31.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.59, 56.98, 33.21°)
OKLab	oklab(42.01% 0.137 0.0675)
OKLCH	oklch(42.01% 0.153 26.2)
XYZ	xyz(11.6699, 6.4805, 1.6135)
Luminance	0.0648 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8E181A #188E8C

analogous

#8E1855 #8E181A #8E5118

triadic

#8E181A #1A8E18 #181A8E

tetradic

#8E181A #558E18 #188E8C #51188E

square

#8E181A #558E18 #188E8C #51188E

split-complementary

#8E181A #188E51 #18558E

monochromatic

#250607 #5A0F10 #8E181A #C22124 #DF4144

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.15

#8E181A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.30

#8E181A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E181A

9.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E181A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E181A	1.00	9.15	2.30	9.15
#FFFFFF	9.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3E3818

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B5114

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D001B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e181a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 24, 26);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.0% 0.153 26.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b86257',
    500: '#8e181a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e181a;
$custom-light: #b86257;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e181a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 26
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.983,
    "s": 71.084,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42012,
    "c": 0.15278,
    "h": 26.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.06479
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E181A

secondary

#42C0BE

accent

#EEEB3A

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130603

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E181A

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

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