#8E1A14#8E1A14

#8E1A14 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.065; OKLCH L 42.1% C 0.152 H 28.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E1A14
RGB	rgb(142, 26, 20)
HSL	hsl(3, 75%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(3, 86%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 81.7%, 85.9%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.74, 46.92, 34.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.74, 58.39, 36.52°)
OKLab	oklab(42.1% 0.1334 0.073)
OKLCH	oklch(42.1% 0.152 28.7)
XYZ	xyz(11.6524, 6.5420, 1.3109)
Luminance	0.0654 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E1A14 #14888E

analogous

#8E144B #8E1A14 #8E5714

triadic

#8E1A14 #148E1A #1A148E

tetradic

#8E1A14 #4B8E14 #14888E #57148E

square

#8E1A14 #4B8E14 #14888E #57148E

split-complementary

#8E1A14 #148E57 #144B8E

monochromatic

#230605 #58100C #8E1A14 #C4241C #E34239

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.10

#8E1A14 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.31

#8E1A14 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E1A14

9.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E1A14	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E1A14	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)

#403811

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C510D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D001A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e1a14;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 26, 20);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.1% 0.152 28.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b86353',
    500: '#8e1a14',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e1a14;
$custom-light: #b86353;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e1a14",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 20
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.951,
    "s": 75.309,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42103,
    "c": 0.15208,
    "h": 28.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.0654
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E1A14

secondary

#3CBBC2

accent

#E9F236

background

#FCF6F4

surface

#F8EBE7

border

#D1C6C3

text

#130602

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E1A14

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

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