#8E1916#8E1916

#8E1916 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.065; OKLCH L 42.0% C 0.153 H 27.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E1916
RGB	rgb(142, 25, 22)
HSL	hsl(2, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(2, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 82.4%, 84.5%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.65, 47.27, 33.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.65, 57.98, 35.38°)
OKLab	oklab(42.04% 0.1349 0.0712)
OKLCH	oklch(42.04% 0.153 27.8)
XYZ	xyz(11.6492, 6.5059, 1.4013)
Luminance	0.0650 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E1916 #168B8E

analogous

#8E164F #8E1916 #8E5516

triadic

#8E1916 #168E19 #19168E

tetradic

#8E1916 #4F8E16 #168B8E #55168E

square

#8E1916 #4F8E16 #168B8E #55168E

split-complementary

#8E1916 #168E55 #164F8E

monochromatic

#240606 #59100E #8E1916 #C3221E #E1413D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.13

#8E1916 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.30

#8E1916 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E1916

9.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E1916	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E1916	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)

#3F3814

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C5110

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D001A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e1916;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 25, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.0% 0.153 27.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b86254',
    500: '#8e1916',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e1916;
$custom-light: #b86254;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e1916",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.5,
    "s": 73.171,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42044,
    "c": 0.15255,
    "h": 27.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.06504
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E1916

secondary

#3FBEC1

accent

#EBF038

background

#FCF6F4

surface

#F8EBE7

border

#D1C6C3

text

#130603

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E1916

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

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