#8E1A1A#8E1A1A

#8E1A1A is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.066; OKLCH L 42.2% C 0.151 H 26.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E1A1A
RGB	rgb(142, 26, 26)
HSL	hsl(0, 69%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(0, 82%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 81.7%, 81.7%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.80, 47.10, 31.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.80, 56.62, 33.71°)
OKLab	oklab(42.16% 0.1352 0.068)
OKLCH	oklch(42.16% 0.151 26.7)
XYZ	xyz(11.7126, 6.5661, 1.6277)
Luminance	0.0656 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E1A1A #1A8E8E

analogous

#8E1A54 #8E1A1A #8E541A

triadic

#8E1A1A #1A8E1A #1A1A8E

tetradic

#8E1A1A #548E1A #1A8E8E #541A8E

square

#8E1A1A #548E1A #1A8E8E #541A8E

split-complementary

#8E1A1A #1A8E54 #1A548E

monochromatic

#270707 #5A1111 #8E1A1A #C22323 #DD4545

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.08

#8E1A1A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.31

#8E1A1A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E1A1A

9.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E1A1A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E1A1A	1.00	9.08	2.31	9.08
#FFFFFF	9.08	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.08	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3F3818

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C5115

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D001C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e1a1a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 26, 26);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.2% 0.151 26.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b86357',
    500: '#8e1a1a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e1a1a;
$custom-light: #b86357;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e1a1a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 26
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 69.048,
    "l": 32.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42163,
    "c": 0.15135,
    "h": 26.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.06564
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E1A1A

secondary

#45BEBE

accent

#ECEC3C

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130603

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E1A1A

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

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