#8E1E15#8E1E15

#8E1E15 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.067; OKLCH L 42.4% C 0.149 H 29.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E1E15
RGB	rgb(142, 30, 21)
HSL	hsl(4, 74%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(4, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78.9%, 85.2%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.20, 45.69, 34.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.20, 57.33, 37.16°)
OKLab	oklab(42.45% 0.1298 0.0732)
OKLCH	oklch(42.45% 0.149 29.4)
XYZ	xyz(11.7564, 6.7354, 1.3904)
Luminance	0.0673 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E1E15 #15858E

analogous

#8E1549 #8E1E15 #8E5B15

triadic

#8E1E15 #158E1E #1E158E

tetradic

#8E1E15 #498E15 #15858E #5B158E

square

#8E1E15 #498E15 #15858E #5B158E

split-complementary

#8E1E15 #158E5B #15498E

monochromatic

#230705 #59130D #8E1E15 #C3291D #E2483B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.95

#8E1E15 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.35

#8E1E15 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E1E15

8.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E1E15	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E1E15	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)

#413A12

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D520F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D001D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e1e15;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 30, 21);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.4% 0.149 29.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b86454',
    500: '#8e1e15',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e1e15;
$custom-light: #b86454;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e1e15",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 21
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.463,
    "s": 74.233,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42445,
    "c": 0.14897,
    "h": 29.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.06733
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E1E15

secondary

#3DB8C2

accent

#E3F137

background

#FCF6F4

surface

#F8EBE7

border

#D1C6C3

text

#130603

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E1E15

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

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