#8E182D#8E182D

#8E182D is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.066; OKLCH L 42.3% C 0.151 H 17.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E182D
RGB	rgb(142, 24, 45)
HSL	hsl(349, 71%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(349, 83%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 83.1%, 68.3%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.87, 48.52, 19.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.87, 52.32, 21.96°)
OKLab	oklab(42.3% 0.1442 0.0463)
OKLCH	oklch(42.3% 0.151 17.8)
XYZ	xyz(11.9570, 6.5954, 3.1256)
Luminance	0.0659 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8E182D #188E79

analogous

#8E1868 #8E182D #8E3E18

triadic

#8E182D #2D8E18 #182D8E

tetradic

#8E182D #688E18 #188E79 #3E188E

square

#8E182D #688E18 #188E79 #3E188E

split-complementary

#8E182D #188E3E #18688E

monochromatic

#25060C #5A0F1C #8E182D #C2213E #DF415D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.06

#8E182D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.32

#8E182D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E182D

9.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E182D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E182D	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)

#3C392D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A5129

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C0021

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e182d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 24, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.3% 0.151 17.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b66365',
    500: '#8e182d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e182d;
$custom-light: #b66365;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e182d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 349.322,
    "s": 71.084,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42302,
    "c": 0.15141,
    "h": 17.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.06594
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E182D

secondary

#42C0A9

accent

#EECE3A

background

#FCF6F6

surface

#F8EBEB

border

#D1C6C6

text

#130605

muted

#827A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E182D

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

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