#8E1918#8E1918

#8E1918 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.065; OKLCH L 42.1% C 0.152 H 27.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E1918
RGB	rgb(142, 25, 24)
HSL	hsl(1, 71%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(1, 83%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 82.4%, 83.1%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.67, 47.33, 32.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.67, 57.39, 34.44°)
OKLab	oklab(42.07% 0.1355 0.0695)
OKLCH	oklch(42.07% 0.152 27.2)
XYZ	xyz(11.6693, 6.5139, 1.5069)
Luminance	0.0651 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8E1918 #188D8E

analogous

#8E1852 #8E1918 #8E5418

triadic

#8E1918 #188E19 #19188E

tetradic

#8E1918 #528E18 #188D8E #54188E

square

#8E1918 #528E18 #188D8E #54188E

split-complementary

#8E1918 #188E54 #18528E

monochromatic

#250706 #5A100F #8E1918 #C22221 #DF4341

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.12

#8E1918 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.30

#8E1918 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E1918

9.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E1918	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E1918	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)

#3F3816

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B5112

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D001B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e1918;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 25, 24);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.1% 0.152 27.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b86256',
    500: '#8e1918',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e1918;
$custom-light: #b86256;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e1918",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 24
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.508,
    "s": 71.084,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42065,
    "c": 0.15231,
    "h": 27.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.06512
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E1918

secondary

#42BFC0

accent

#ECEE3A

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130603

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E1918

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