#8E1C19#8E1C19

#8E1C19 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.067; OKLCH L 42.3% C 0.150 H 27.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E1C19
RGB	rgb(142, 28, 25)
HSL	hsl(2, 70%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(2, 82%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 80.3%, 82.4%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.00, 46.46, 32.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.00, 56.53, 34.73°)
OKLab	oklab(42.31% 0.133 0.0694)
OKLCH	oklch(42.31% 0.15 27.5)
XYZ	xyz(11.7475, 6.6534, 1.5852)
Luminance	0.0665 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E1C19 #198B8E

analogous

#8E1951 #8E1C19 #8E5619

triadic

#8E1C19 #198E1C #1C198E

tetradic

#8E1C19 #518E19 #198B8E #56198E

square

#8E1C19 #518E19 #198B8E #56198E

split-complementary

#8E1C19 #198E56 #19518E

monochromatic

#260707 #5A1210 #8E1C19 #C22622 #DE4743

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.01

#8E1C19 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.33

#8E1C19 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E1C19

9.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E1C19	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E1C19	1.00	9.01	2.33	9.01
#FFFFFF	9.01	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.01	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#403917

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C5213

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D001D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e1c19;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 28, 25);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.3% 0.150 27.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b86456',
    500: '#8e1c19',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e1c19;
$custom-light: #b86456;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e1c19",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 25
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.538,
    "s": 70.06,
    "l": 32.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42314,
    "c": 0.14998,
    "h": 27.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.06651
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E1C19

secondary

#44BCBF

accent

#E8ED3B

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130603

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E1C19

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

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