#8E181F#8E181F

#8E181F is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.065; OKLCH L 42.1% C 0.152 H 24.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E181F
RGB	rgb(142, 24, 31)
HSL	hsl(356, 71%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(356, 83%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 83.1%, 78.2%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.65, 47.86, 28.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.65, 55.57, 30.56°)
OKLab	oklab(42.07% 0.1387 0.0627)
OKLCH	oklch(42.07% 0.152 24.3)
XYZ	xyz(11.7307, 6.5049, 1.9340)
Luminance	0.0650 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E181F #188E87

analogous

#8E185A #8E181F #8E4C18

triadic

#8E181F #1F8E18 #181F8E

tetradic

#8E181F #5A8E18 #188E87 #4C188E

square

#8E181F #5A8E18 #188E87 #4C188E

split-complementary

#8E181F #188E4C #185A8E

monochromatic

#250608 #5A0F14 #8E181F #C2212A #DF414B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.13

#8E181F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.30

#8E181F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E181F

9.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E181F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E181F	1.00	9.13	2.30	9.13
#FFFFFF	9.13	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.13	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3E381E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B511A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D001C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e181f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 24, 31);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.1% 0.152 24.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b8625b',
    500: '#8e181f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e181f;
$custom-light: #b8625b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e181f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 31
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.441,
    "s": 71.084,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42074,
    "c": 0.15224,
    "h": 24.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.06503
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E181F

secondary

#42C0B8

accent

#EEE33A

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130604

muted

#827A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E181F

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

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