#8E1A17#8E1A17

#8E1A17 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.066; OKLCH L 42.1% C 0.152 H 27.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E1A17
RGB	rgb(142, 26, 23)
HSL	hsl(2, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(2, 84%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 81.7%, 83.8%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.77, 47.00, 33.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.77, 57.50, 35.17°)
OKLab	oklab(42.13% 0.1343 0.0706)
OKLCH	oklch(42.13% 0.152 27.7)
XYZ	xyz(11.6808, 6.5533, 1.4603)
Luminance	0.0655 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E1A17 #178B8E

analogous

#8E174F #8E1A17 #8E5617

triadic

#8E1A17 #178E1A #1A178E

tetradic

#8E1A17 #4F8E17 #178B8E #56178E

square

#8E1A17 #4F8E17 #178B8E #56178E

split-complementary

#8E1A17 #178E56 #174F8E

monochromatic

#250706 #59100E #8E1A17 #C32420 #E0433F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.09

#8E1A17 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.31

#8E1A17 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E1A17

9.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E1A17	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E1A17	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)

#3F3815

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C5111

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D001B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e1a17;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 26, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.1% 0.152 27.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b86355',
    500: '#8e1a17',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e1a17;
$custom-light: #b86355;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e1a17",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.513,
    "s": 72.121,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42131,
    "c": 0.15172,
    "h": 27.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.06551
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E1A17

secondary

#40BDC0

accent

#EAEF39

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE8

border

#D1C6C4

text

#130603

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E1A17

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

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