#8E182E#8E182E

#8E182E is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.066; OKLCH L 42.3% C 0.151 H 17.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E182E
RGB	rgb(142, 24, 46)
HSL	hsl(349, 71%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(349, 83%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 83.1%, 67.6%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.89, 48.57, 18.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.89, 52.13, 21.30°)
OKLab	oklab(42.32% 0.1446 0.045)
OKLCH	oklch(42.32% 0.151 17.3)
XYZ	xyz(11.9764, 6.6032, 3.2282)
Luminance	0.0660 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8E182E #188E78

analogous

#8E1869 #8E182E #8E3D18

triadic

#8E182E #2E8E18 #182E8E

tetradic

#8E182E #698E18 #188E78 #3D188E

square

#8E182E #698E18 #188E78 #3D188E

split-complementary

#8E182E #188E3D #18698E

monochromatic

#25060C #5A0F1D #8E182E #C2213F #DF415F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.05

#8E182E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.32

#8E182E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E182E

9.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E182E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E182E	1.00	9.05	2.32	9.05
#FFFFFF	9.05	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.32	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.05	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3C392E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#59512B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C0022

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e182e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 24, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.3% 0.151 17.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b66366',
    500: '#8e182e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e182e;
$custom-light: #b66366;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e182e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 348.814,
    "s": 71.084,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42322,
    "c": 0.1514,
    "h": 17.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.06601
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E182E

secondary

#42C0A8

accent

#EECC3A

background

#FCF6F6

surface

#F8EBEB

border

#D1C6C6

text

#130605

muted

#827A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E182E

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

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