#8E1A16#8E1A16

#8E1A16 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.065; OKLCH L 42.1% C 0.152 H 28.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E1A16
RGB	rgb(142, 26, 22)
HSL	hsl(2, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(2, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 81.7%, 84.5%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.76, 46.97, 33.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.76, 57.79, 35.63°)
OKLab	oklab(42.12% 0.134 0.0714)
OKLCH	oklch(42.12% 0.152 28.1)
XYZ	xyz(11.6710, 6.5494, 1.4085)
Luminance	0.0655 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E1A16 #168A8E

analogous

#8E164E #8E1A16 #8E5616

triadic

#8E1A16 #168E1A #1A168E

tetradic

#8E1A16 #4E8E16 #168A8E #56168E

square

#8E1A16 #4E8E16 #168A8E #56168E

split-complementary

#8E1A16 #168E56 #164E8E

monochromatic

#240706 #59100E #8E1A16 #C3241E #E1433D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.09

#8E1A16 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.31

#8E1A16 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E1A16

9.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E1A16	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E1A16	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)

#3F3814

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C5110

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D001B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e1a16;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 26, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.1% 0.152 28.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b86354',
    500: '#8e1a16',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e1a16;
$custom-light: #b86354;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e1a16",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2,
    "s": 73.171,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42122,
    "c": 0.15184,
    "h": 28.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.06547
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E1A16

secondary

#3FBDC1

accent

#EAF038

background

#FCF6F4

surface

#F8EBE8

border

#D1C6C4

text

#130603

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E1A16

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

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