#8E1915#8E1915

#8E1915 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.065; OKLCH L 42.0% C 0.153 H 28.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E1915
RGB	rgb(142, 25, 21)
HSL	hsl(2, 74%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(2, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 82.4%, 85.2%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.65, 47.24, 34.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.65, 58.27, 35.84°)
OKLab	oklab(42.04% 0.1346 0.072)
OKLCH	oklch(42.04% 0.153 28.1)
XYZ	xyz(11.6398, 6.5021, 1.3515)
Luminance	0.0650 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E1915 #158A8E

analogous

#8E154E #8E1915 #8E5515

triadic

#8E1915 #158E19 #19158E

tetradic

#8E1915 #4E8E15 #158A8E #55158E

square

#8E1915 #4E8E15 #158A8E #55158E

split-complementary

#8E1915 #158E55 #154E8E

monochromatic

#230605 #59100D #8E1915 #C3221D #E2413B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.13

#8E1915 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.30

#8E1915 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E1915

9.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E1915	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E1915	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)

#3F3813

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C510E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D001A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e1915;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 25, 21);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.0% 0.153 28.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b86254',
    500: '#8e1915',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e1915;
$custom-light: #b86254;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e1915",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 21
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.983,
    "s": 74.233,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42035,
    "c": 0.15266,
    "h": 28.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.065
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E1915

secondary

#3DBDC2

accent

#EBF137

background

#FCF6F4

surface

#F8EBE7

border

#D1C6C3

text

#130602

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E1915

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

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