#8E191B#8E191B

#8E191B is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.065; OKLCH L 42.1% C 0.152 H 26.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E191B
RGB	rgb(142, 25, 27)
HSL	hsl(359, 70%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(359, 82%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 82.4%, 81%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.71, 47.43, 30.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.71, 56.51, 32.94°)
OKLab	oklab(42.1% 0.1365 0.0668)
OKLCH	oklch(42.1% 0.152 26.1)
XYZ	xyz(11.7022, 6.5271, 1.6804)
Luminance	0.0653 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E191B #198E8C

analogous

#8E1956 #8E191B #8E5119

triadic

#8E191B #1B8E19 #191B8E

tetradic

#8E191B #568E19 #198E8C #51198E

square

#8E191B #568E19 #198E8C #51198E

split-complementary

#8E191B #198E51 #19568E

monochromatic

#260707 #5A1011 #8E191B #C22225 #DE4346

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.11

#8E191B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.31

#8E191B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E191B

9.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E191B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E191B	1.00	9.11	2.31	9.11
#FFFFFF	9.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.11	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3F3819

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B5116

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D001C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e191b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 25, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.1% 0.152 26.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b86258',
    500: '#8e191b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e191b;
$custom-light: #b86258;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e191b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.974,
    "s": 70.06,
    "l": 32.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42098,
    "c": 0.15195,
    "h": 26.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.06525
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E191B

secondary

#44BFBD

accent

#EDEA3B

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130603

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E191B

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

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