#8E181B#8E181B

#8E181B is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.065; OKLCH L 42.0% C 0.153 H 25.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E181B
RGB	rgb(142, 24, 27)
HSL	hsl(358, 71%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(358, 83%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 83.1%, 81%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.60, 47.71, 30.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.60, 56.69, 32.70°)
OKLab	oklab(42.02% 0.1374 0.0666)
OKLCH	oklch(42.02% 0.153 25.9)
XYZ	xyz(11.6812, 6.4851, 1.6734)
Luminance	0.0648 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E181B #188E8B

analogous

#8E1856 #8E181B #8E5018

triadic

#8E181B #1B8E18 #181B8E

tetradic

#8E181B #568E18 #188E8B #50188E

square

#8E181B #568E18 #188E8B #50188E

split-complementary

#8E181B #188E50 #18568E

monochromatic

#250607 #5A0F11 #8E181B #C22125 #DF4145

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.14

#8E181B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.30

#8E181B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E181B

9.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E181B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E181B	1.00	9.14	2.30	9.14
#FFFFFF	9.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3E381A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B5116

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D001B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e181b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 24, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.0% 0.153 25.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b86258',
    500: '#8e181b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e181b;
$custom-light: #b86258;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e181b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.475,
    "s": 71.084,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42024,
    "c": 0.15266,
    "h": 25.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.06483
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E181B

secondary

#42C0BC

accent

#EEE93A

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130603

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E181B

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

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