#8E182C#8E182C

#8E182C is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.066; OKLCH L 42.3% C 0.151 H 18.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E182C
RGB	rgb(142, 24, 44)
HSL	hsl(350, 71%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(350, 83%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 83.1%, 69%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.85, 48.46, 20.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.85, 52.50, 22.63°)
OKLab	oklab(42.28% 0.1437 0.0476)
OKLCH	oklch(42.28% 0.151 18.3)
XYZ	xyz(11.9379, 6.5878, 3.0254)
Luminance	0.0659 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8E182C #188E7A

analogous

#8E1867 #8E182C #8E3F18

triadic

#8E182C #2C8E18 #182C8E

tetradic

#8E182C #678E18 #188E7A #3F188E

square

#8E182C #678E18 #188E7A #3F188E

split-complementary

#8E182C #188E3F #18678E

monochromatic

#25060C #5A0F1C #8E182C #C2213C #DF415C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.06

#8E182C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.32

#8E182C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E182C

9.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E182C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E182C	1.00	9.06	2.32	9.06
#FFFFFF	9.06	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.32	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.06	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3C392C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A5128

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C0021

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e182c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 24, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.3% 0.151 18.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b76364',
    500: '#8e182c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e182c;
$custom-light: #b76364;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e182c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 349.831,
    "s": 71.084,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42283,
    "c": 0.15141,
    "h": 18.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.06586
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E182C

secondary

#42C0AA

accent

#EECF3A

background

#FCF6F6

surface

#F8EBEB

border

#D1C6C6

text

#130605

muted

#827A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E182C

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