#8E191E#8E191E

#8E191E is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.065; OKLCH L 42.1% C 0.152 H 24.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E191E
RGB	rgb(142, 25, 30)
HSL	hsl(357, 70%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(357, 82%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 82.4%, 78.9%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.74, 47.53, 28.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.74, 55.66, 31.35°)
OKLab	oklab(42.14% 0.1375 0.0639)
OKLCH	oklch(42.14% 0.152 24.9)
XYZ	xyz(11.7387, 6.5417, 1.8726)
Luminance	0.0654 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E191E #198E89

analogous

#8E1958 #8E191E #8E4E19

triadic

#8E191E #1E8E19 #191E8E

tetradic

#8E191E #588E19 #198E89 #4E198E

square

#8E191E #588E19 #198E89 #4E198E

split-complementary

#8E191E #198E4E #19588E

monochromatic

#260708 #5A1013 #8E191E #C22229 #DE434A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.10

#8E191E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.31

#8E191E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E191E

9.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E191E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E191E	1.00	9.10	2.31	9.10
#FFFFFF	9.10	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.10	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3E381D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B5119

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D001D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e191e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 25, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.1% 0.152 24.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b8635a',
    500: '#8e191e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e191e;
$custom-light: #b8635a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e191e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.436,
    "s": 70.06,
    "l": 32.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42135,
    "c": 0.15162,
    "h": 24.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.0654
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E191E

secondary

#44BFBA

accent

#EDE53B

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130603

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E191E

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

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