#8E191F#8E191F

#8E191F is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.065; OKLCH L 42.1% C 0.152 H 24.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E191F
RGB	rgb(142, 25, 31)
HSL	hsl(357, 70%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(357, 82%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 82.4%, 78.2%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.75, 47.57, 28.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.75, 55.38, 30.80°)
OKLab	oklab(42.15% 0.1378 0.0629)
OKLCH	oklch(42.15% 0.152 24.5)
XYZ	xyz(11.7517, 6.5469, 1.9410)
Luminance	0.0654 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8E191F #198E88

analogous

#8E1959 #8E191F #8E4D19

triadic

#8E191F #1F8E19 #191F8E

tetradic

#8E191F #598E19 #198E88 #4D198E

square

#8E191F #598E19 #198E88 #4D198E

split-complementary

#8E191F #198E4D #19598E

monochromatic

#260708 #5A1014 #8E191F #C2222A #DE434B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.09

#8E191F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.31

#8E191F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E191F

9.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E191F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E191F	1.00	9.09	2.31	9.09
#FFFFFF	9.09	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.09	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3E381E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B511A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D001D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e191f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 25, 31);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.1% 0.152 24.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b8635b',
    500: '#8e191f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e191f;
$custom-light: #b8635b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e191f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 31
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.923,
    "s": 70.06,
    "l": 32.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42148,
    "c": 0.15152,
    "h": 24.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.06545
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E191F

secondary

#44BFB9

accent

#EDE43B

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130604

muted

#827A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E191F

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