#8E1B13#8E1B13

#8E1B13 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.066; OKLCH L 42.2% C 0.151 H 29.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E1B13
RGB	rgb(142, 27, 19)
HSL	hsl(4, 76%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(4, 87%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 81%, 86.6%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.84, 46.59, 35.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.84, 58.50, 37.20°)
OKLab	oklab(42.17% 0.1322 0.074)
OKLCH	oklch(42.17% 0.151 29.2)
XYZ	xyz(11.6663, 6.5836, 1.2725)
Luminance	0.0658 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E1B13 #13868E

analogous

#8E1349 #8E1B13 #8E5913

triadic

#8E1B13 #138E1B #1B138E

tetradic

#8E1B13 #498E13 #13868E #59138E

square

#8E1B13 #498E13 #13868E #59138E

split-complementary

#8E1B13 #138E59 #13498E

monochromatic

#220605 #58110C #8E1B13 #C4251A #E44237

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.07

#8E1B13 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.32

#8E1B13 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E1B13

9.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E1B13	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E1B13	1.00	9.07	2.32	9.07
#FFFFFF	9.07	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.32	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.07	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#403910

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C520C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D001B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e1b13;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 27, 19);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.2% 0.151 29.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b86352',
    500: '#8e1b13',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e1b13;
$custom-light: #b86352;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e1b13",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 19
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.902,
    "s": 76.398,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42174,
    "c": 0.15149,
    "h": 29.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.06582
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E1B13

secondary

#3BB9C2

accent

#E7F335

background

#FCF6F4

surface

#F8EBE7

border

#D1C6C3

text

#130602

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E1B13

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

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