#8E1B15#8E1B15

#8E1B15 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.066; OKLCH L 42.2% C 0.151 H 28.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E1B15
RGB	rgb(142, 27, 21)
HSL	hsl(3, 74%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(3, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 81%, 85.2%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.86, 46.65, 34.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.86, 57.91, 36.34°)
OKLab	oklab(42.19% 0.1328 0.0724)
OKLCH	oklch(42.19% 0.151 28.6)
XYZ	xyz(11.6841, 6.5907, 1.3662)
Luminance	0.0659 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E1B15 #15888E

analogous

#8E154C #8E1B15 #8E5815

triadic

#8E1B15 #158E1B #1B158E

tetradic

#8E1B15 #4C8E15 #15888E #58158E

square

#8E1B15 #4C8E15 #15888E #58158E

split-complementary

#8E1B15 #158E58 #154C8E

monochromatic

#230705 #59110D #8E1B15 #C3251D #E2443B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.06

#8E1B15 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.32

#8E1B15 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E1B15

9.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E1B15	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E1B15	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)

#403913

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C520E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D001B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e1b15;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 27, 21);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.2% 0.151 28.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b86354',
    500: '#8e1b15',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e1b15;
$custom-light: #b86354;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e1b15",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 21
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.975,
    "s": 74.233,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42192,
    "c": 0.15124,
    "h": 28.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.06589
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E1B15

secondary

#3DBBC2

accent

#E8F137

background

#FCF6F4

surface

#F8EBE7

border

#D1C6C3

text

#130602

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E1B15

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

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