#8E1B16#8E1B16

#8E1B16 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.066; OKLCH L 42.2% C 0.151 H 28.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E1B16
RGB	rgb(142, 27, 22)
HSL	hsl(3, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(3, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 81%, 84.5%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.87, 46.67, 33.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.87, 57.61, 35.89°)
OKLab	oklab(42.2% 0.1331 0.0717)
OKLCH	oklch(42.2% 0.151 28.3)
XYZ	xyz(11.6935, 6.5945, 1.4161)
Luminance	0.0659 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E1B16 #16898E

analogous

#8E164D #8E1B16 #8E5716

triadic

#8E1B16 #168E1B #1B168E

tetradic

#8E1B16 #4D8E16 #16898E #57168E

square

#8E1B16 #4D8E16 #16898E #57168E

split-complementary

#8E1B16 #168E57 #164D8E

monochromatic

#240706 #59110E #8E1B16 #C3251E #E1443D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.06

#8E1B16 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.32

#8E1B16 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E1B16

9.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E1B16	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E1B16	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)

#403914

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C5210

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D001C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e1b16;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 27, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.2% 0.151 28.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b86354',
    500: '#8e1b16',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e1b16;
$custom-light: #b86354;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e1b16",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.5,
    "s": 73.171,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42201,
    "c": 0.15112,
    "h": 28.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.06593
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E1B16

secondary

#3FBCC1

accent

#E8F038

background

#FCF6F4

surface

#F8EBE8

border

#D1C6C4

text

#130603

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E1B16

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

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