#8E191A#8E191A

#8E191A is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.065; OKLCH L 42.1% C 0.152 H 26.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E191A
RGB	rgb(142, 25, 26)
HSL	hsl(359, 70%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(359, 82%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 82.4%, 81.7%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.69, 47.39, 31.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.69, 56.80, 33.45°)
OKLab	oklab(42.09% 0.1361 0.0678)
OKLCH	oklch(42.09% 0.152 26.5)
XYZ	xyz(11.6909, 6.5225, 1.6205)
Luminance	0.0652 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8E191A #198E8D

analogous

#8E1955 #8E191A #8E5219

triadic

#8E191A #1A8E19 #191A8E

tetradic

#8E191A #558E19 #198E8D #52198E

square

#8E191A #558E19 #198E8D #52198E

split-complementary

#8E191A #198E52 #19558E

monochromatic

#260707 #5A1010 #8E191A #C22224 #DE4345

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.11

#8E191A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.30

#8E191A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E191A

9.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E191A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E191A	1.00	9.11	2.30	9.11
#FFFFFF	9.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.11	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3F3818

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B5114

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D001B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e191a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 25, 26);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.1% 0.152 26.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b86257',
    500: '#8e191a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e191a;
$custom-light: #b86257;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e191a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 26
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.487,
    "s": 70.06,
    "l": 32.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42087,
    "c": 0.15207,
    "h": 26.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.06521
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E191A

secondary

#44BFBE

accent

#EDEB3B

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130603

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E191A

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

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