#8E1917#8E1917

#8E1917 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.065; OKLCH L 42.1% C 0.152 H 27.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E1917
RGB	rgb(142, 25, 23)
HSL	hsl(1, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(1, 84%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 82.4%, 83.8%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.66, 47.30, 33.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.66, 57.68, 34.92°)
OKLab	oklab(42.05% 0.1352 0.0704)
OKLCH	oklch(42.05% 0.152 27.5)
XYZ	xyz(11.6591, 6.5098, 1.4531)
Luminance	0.0651 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E1917 #178C8E

analogous

#8E1751 #8E1917 #8E5417

triadic

#8E1917 #178E19 #19178E

tetradic

#8E1917 #518E17 #178C8E #54178E

square

#8E1917 #518E17 #178C8E #54178E

split-complementary

#8E1917 #178E54 #17518E

monochromatic

#250606 #59100E #8E1917 #C32220 #E0423F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.12

#8E1917 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.30

#8E1917 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E1917

9.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E1917	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E1917	1.00	9.12	2.30	9.12
#FFFFFF	9.12	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.12	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3F3815

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B5111

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D001A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e1917;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 25, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.1% 0.152 27.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b86255',
    500: '#8e1917',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e1917;
$custom-light: #b86255;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e1917",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.008,
    "s": 72.121,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42054,
    "c": 0.15243,
    "h": 27.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.06508
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E1917

secondary

#40BEC0

accent

#ECEF39

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE8

border

#D1C6C4

text

#130603

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E1917

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

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