#8E182B#8E182B

#8E182B is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.066; OKLCH L 42.3% C 0.151 H 18.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E182B
RGB	rgb(142, 24, 43)
HSL	hsl(350, 71%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(350, 83%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 83.1%, 69.7%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.83, 48.41, 20.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.83, 52.70, 23.28°)
OKLab	oklab(42.26% 0.1433 0.0489)
OKLCH	oklch(42.26% 0.151 18.8)
XYZ	xyz(11.9194, 6.5803, 2.9276)
Luminance	0.0658 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E182B #188E7B

analogous

#8E1866 #8E182B #8E4018

triadic

#8E182B #2B8E18 #182B8E

tetradic

#8E182B #668E18 #188E7B #40188E

square

#8E182B #668E18 #188E7B #40188E

split-complementary

#8E182B #188E40 #18668E

monochromatic

#25060B #5A0F1B #8E182B #C2213B #DF415B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.07

#8E182B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.32

#8E182B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E182B

9.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E182B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E182B	1.00	9.07	2.32	9.07
#FFFFFF	9.07	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.32	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.07	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3C392B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A5127

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C0021

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e182b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 24, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.3% 0.151 18.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b76364',
    500: '#8e182b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e182b;
$custom-light: #b76364;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e182b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 350.339,
    "s": 71.084,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42264,
    "c": 0.15144,
    "h": 18.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.06578
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E182B

secondary

#42C0AB

accent

#EED13A

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBEA

border

#D1C6C6

text

#130605

muted

#827A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E182B

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

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