#8E1E14#8E1E14

#8E1E14 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.067; OKLCH L 42.4% C 0.149 H 29.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E1E14
RGB	rgb(142, 30, 20)
HSL	hsl(5, 75%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(5, 86%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78.9%, 85.9%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.19, 45.66, 35.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.19, 57.63, 37.59°)
OKLab	oklab(42.44% 0.1295 0.0739)
OKLCH	oklch(42.44% 0.149 29.7)
XYZ	xyz(11.7473, 6.7317, 1.3425)
Luminance	0.0673 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E1E14 #14848E

analogous

#8E1447 #8E1E14 #8E5B14

triadic

#8E1E14 #148E1E #1E148E

tetradic

#8E1E14 #478E14 #14848E #5B148E

square

#8E1E14 #478E14 #14848E #5B148E

split-complementary

#8E1E14 #148E5B #14478E

monochromatic

#230705 #58130C #8E1E14 #C4291C #E34739

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.95

#8E1E14 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.35

#8E1E14 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E1E14

8.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E1E14	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E1E14	1.00	8.95	2.35	8.95
#FFFFFF	8.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#413A11

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D520D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D001D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e1e14;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 30, 20);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.4% 0.149 29.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b86453',
    500: '#8e1e14',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e1e14;
$custom-light: #b86453;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e1e14",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 20
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.918,
    "s": 75.309,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42436,
    "c": 0.1491,
    "h": 29.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.0673
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E1E14

secondary

#3CB7C2

accent

#E2F236

background

#FCF6F4

surface

#F8EBE7

border

#D1C6C3

text

#130602

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E1E14

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

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