#8E1914#8E1914

#8E1914 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.065; OKLCH L 42.0% C 0.153 H 28.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E1914
RGB	rgb(142, 25, 20)
HSL	hsl(2, 75%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(2, 86%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 82.4%, 85.9%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.64, 47.21, 34.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.64, 58.57, 36.28°)
OKLab	oklab(42.03% 0.1343 0.0728)
OKLCH	oklch(42.03% 0.153 28.4)
XYZ	xyz(11.6307, 6.4985, 1.3036)
Luminance	0.0650 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8E1914 #14898E

analogous

#8E144C #8E1914 #8E5614

triadic

#8E1914 #148E19 #19148E

tetradic

#8E1914 #4C8E14 #14898E #56148E

square

#8E1914 #4C8E14 #14898E #56148E

split-complementary

#8E1914 #148E56 #144C8E

monochromatic

#230605 #58100C #8E1914 #C4221C #E34039

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.13

#8E1914 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.30

#8E1914 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E1914

9.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E1914	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E1914	1.00	9.13	2.30	9.13
#FFFFFF	9.13	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.13	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3F3812

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C510D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D001A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e1914;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 25, 20);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.0% 0.153 28.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b86253',
    500: '#8e1914',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e1914;
$custom-light: #b86253;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e1914",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 20
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.459,
    "s": 75.309,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42026,
    "c": 0.15279,
    "h": 28.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.06497
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E1914

secondary

#3CBCC2

accent

#EAF236

background

#FCF6F4

surface

#F8EBE7

border

#D1C6C3

text

#130602

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E1914

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

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