#8E1E17#8E1E17

#8E1E17 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.067; OKLCH L 42.5% C 0.149 H 28.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E1E17
RGB	rgb(142, 30, 23)
HSL	hsl(4, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(4, 84%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78.9%, 83.8%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.21, 45.75, 33.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.21, 56.73, 36.25°)
OKLab	oklab(42.46% 0.1304 0.0716)
OKLCH	oklch(42.46% 0.149 28.8)
XYZ	xyz(11.7757, 6.7431, 1.4920)
Luminance	0.0674 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E1E17 #17878E

analogous

#8E174C #8E1E17 #8E5917

triadic

#8E1E17 #178E1E #1E178E

tetradic

#8E1E17 #4C8E17 #17878E #59178E

square

#8E1E17 #4C8E17 #17878E #59178E

split-complementary

#8E1E17 #178E59 #174C8E

monochromatic

#250806 #59130E #8E1E17 #C32920 #E0493F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.94

#8E1E17 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.35

#8E1E17 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E1E17

8.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E1E17	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E1E17	1.00	8.94	2.35	8.94
#FFFFFF	8.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#413A15

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D5211

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D001E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e1e17;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 30, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.5% 0.149 28.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b86455',
    500: '#8e1e17',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e1e17;
$custom-light: #b86455;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e1e17",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.529,
    "s": 72.121,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42464,
    "c": 0.1487,
    "h": 28.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.06741
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E1E17

secondary

#40B9C0

accent

#E4EF39

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130603

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E1E17

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

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