#8E1C13#8E1C13

#8E1C13 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.066; OKLCH L 42.3% C 0.151 H 29.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E1C13
RGB	rgb(142, 28, 19)
HSL	hsl(4, 76%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(4, 87%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 80.3%, 86.6%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.95, 46.28, 35.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.95, 58.31, 37.47°)
OKLab	oklab(42.26% 0.1312 0.0742)
OKLCH	oklch(42.26% 0.151 29.5)
XYZ	xyz(11.6896, 6.6302, 1.2802)
Luminance	0.0663 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8E1C13 #13858E

analogous

#8E1348 #8E1C13 #8E5A13

triadic

#8E1C13 #138E1C #1C138E

tetradic

#8E1C13 #488E13 #13858E #5A138E

square

#8E1C13 #488E13 #13858E #5A138E

split-complementary

#8E1C13 #138E5A #13488E

monochromatic

#220705 #58110C #8E1C13 #C4271A #E44437

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.03

#8E1C13 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.33

#8E1C13 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E1C13

9.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E1C13	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E1C13	1.00	9.03	2.33	9.03
#FFFFFF	9.03	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.03	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#413910

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C520C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D001C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e1c13;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 28, 19);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.3% 0.151 29.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b86352',
    500: '#8e1c13',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e1c13;
$custom-light: #b86352;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e1c13",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 19
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.39,
    "s": 76.398,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42256,
    "c": 0.15075,
    "h": 29.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.06628
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E1C13

secondary

#3BB8C2

accent

#E5F335

background

#FCF6F4

surface

#F8EBE7

border

#D1C6C3

text

#130602

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E1C13

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

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