#8E181D#8E181D

#8E181D is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.065; OKLCH L 42.0% C 0.152 H 25.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E181D
RGB	rgb(142, 24, 29)
HSL	hsl(357, 71%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(357, 83%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 83.1%, 79.6%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.63, 47.78, 29.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.63, 56.13, 31.65°)
OKLab	oklab(42.05% 0.138 0.0647)
OKLCH	oklch(42.05% 0.152 25.1)
XYZ	xyz(11.7052, 6.4947, 1.7994)
Luminance	0.0649 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E181D #188E89

analogous

#8E1858 #8E181D #8E4E18

triadic

#8E181D #1D8E18 #181D8E

tetradic

#8E181D #588E18 #188E89 #4E188E

square

#8E181D #588E18 #188E89 #4E188E

split-complementary

#8E181D #188E4E #18588E

monochromatic

#250608 #5A0F12 #8E181D #C22128 #DF4148

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.14

#8E181D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.30

#8E181D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E181D

9.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E181D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E181D	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)

#3E381C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B5118

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D001C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e181d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 24, 29);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.0% 0.152 25.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b86259',
    500: '#8e181d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e181d;
$custom-light: #b86259;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e181d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 29
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.458,
    "s": 71.084,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42048,
    "c": 0.15244,
    "h": 25.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.06493
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E181D

secondary

#42C0BA

accent

#EEE63A

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130603

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E181D

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

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