#8E1D17#8E1D17

#8E1D17 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.067; OKLCH L 42.4% C 0.149 H 28.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E1D17
RGB	rgb(142, 29, 23)
HSL	hsl(3, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(3, 84%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 79.6%, 83.8%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.10, 46.07, 33.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.10, 56.93, 35.97°)
OKLab	oklab(42.38% 0.1314 0.0713)
OKLCH	oklch(42.38% 0.149 28.5)
XYZ	xyz(11.7508, 6.6933, 1.4837)
Luminance	0.0669 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E1D17 #17888E

analogous

#8E174D #8E1D17 #8E5817

triadic

#8E1D17 #178E1D #1D178E

tetradic

#8E1D17 #4D8E17 #17888E #58178E

square

#8E1D17 #4D8E17 #17888E #58178E

split-complementary

#8E1D17 #178E58 #174D8E

monochromatic

#250706 #59120E #8E1D17 #C32820 #E0483F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.98

#8E1D17 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.34

#8E1D17 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E1D17

8.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E1D17	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E1D17	1.00	8.98	2.34	8.98
#FFFFFF	8.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#413915

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C5211

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D001D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e1d17;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 29, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.4% 0.149 28.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b86455',
    500: '#8e1d17',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e1d17;
$custom-light: #b86455;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e1d17",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 29,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.025,
    "s": 72.121,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42377,
    "c": 0.14948,
    "h": 28.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.06691
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E1D17

secondary

#40BAC0

accent

#E6EF39

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130603

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E1D17

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

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