#8E1820#8E1820

#8E1820 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.065; OKLCH L 42.1% C 0.152 H 23.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E1820
RGB	rgb(142, 24, 32)
HSL	hsl(356, 71%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(356, 83%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 83.1%, 77.5%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.66, 47.90, 27.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.66, 55.30, 30.00°)
OKLab	oklab(42.09% 0.1391 0.0616)
OKLCH	oklch(42.09% 0.152 23.9)
XYZ	xyz(11.7441, 6.5102, 2.0045)
Luminance	0.0651 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E1820 #188E86

analogous

#8E185B #8E1820 #8E4B18

triadic

#8E1820 #208E18 #18208E

tetradic

#8E1820 #5B8E18 #188E86 #4B188E

square

#8E1820 #5B8E18 #188E86 #4B188E

split-complementary

#8E1820 #188E4B #185B8E

monochromatic

#250608 #5A0F14 #8E1820 #C2212C #DF414C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.12

#8E1820 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.30

#8E1820 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E1820

9.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E1820	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E1820	1.00	9.12	2.30	9.12
#FFFFFF	9.12	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.12	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3E381F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B511B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D001D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e1820;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 24, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.1% 0.152 23.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7625b',
    500: '#8e1820',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e1820;
$custom-light: #b7625b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e1820",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.932,
    "s": 71.084,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42087,
    "c": 0.15214,
    "h": 23.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.06508
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E1820

secondary

#42C0B7

accent

#EEE23A

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130604

muted

#827A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E1820

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

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