#8E1B14#8E1B14

#8E1B14 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.066; OKLCH L 42.2% C 0.151 H 28.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E1B14
RGB	rgb(142, 27, 20)
HSL	hsl(3, 75%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(3, 86%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 81%, 85.9%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.85, 46.62, 34.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.85, 58.20, 36.78°)
OKLab	oklab(42.18% 0.1325 0.0732)
OKLCH	oklch(42.18% 0.151 28.9)
XYZ	xyz(11.6750, 6.5871, 1.3184)
Luminance	0.0659 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E1B14 #14878E

analogous

#8E144A #8E1B14 #8E5814

triadic

#8E1B14 #148E1B #1B148E

tetradic

#8E1B14 #4A8E14 #14878E #58148E

square

#8E1B14 #4A8E14 #14878E #58148E

split-complementary

#8E1B14 #148E58 #144A8E

monochromatic

#230705 #58110C #8E1B14 #C4251C #E34339

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.06

#8E1B14 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.32

#8E1B14 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E1B14

9.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E1B14	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E1B14	1.00	9.06	2.32	9.06
#FFFFFF	9.06	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.32	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.06	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#403911

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C520D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D001B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e1b14;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 27, 20);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.2% 0.151 28.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b86353',
    500: '#8e1b14',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e1b14;
$custom-light: #b86353;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e1b14",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 20
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.443,
    "s": 75.309,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42182,
    "c": 0.15136,
    "h": 28.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.06585
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E1B14

secondary

#3CBAC2

accent

#E7F236

background

#FCF6F4

surface

#F8EBE7

border

#D1C6C3

text

#130602

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E1B14

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

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