#8E1E1E#8E1E1E

#8E1E1E is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 42.5% C 0.148 H 26.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E1E1E
RGB	rgb(142, 30, 30)
HSL	hsl(0, 65%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(0, 79%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78.9%, 78.9%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.29, 45.99, 29.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.29, 54.67, 32.72°)
OKLab	oklab(42.54% 0.1326 0.0652)
OKLCH	oklch(42.54% 0.148 26.2)
XYZ	xyz(11.8554, 6.7749, 1.9115)
Luminance	0.0677 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E1E1E #1E8E8E

analogous

#8E1E56 #8E1E1E #8E561E

triadic

#8E1E1E #1E8E1E #1E1E8E

tetradic

#8E1E1E #568E1E #1E8E8E #561E8E

square

#8E1E1E #568E1E #1E8E8E #561E8E

split-complementary

#8E1E1E #1E8E56 #1E568E

monochromatic

#290909 #5B1313 #8E1E1E #C12929 #D94D4D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.92

#8E1E1E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.35

#8E1E1E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E1E1E

8.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E1E1E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E1E1E	1.00	8.92	2.35	8.92
#FFFFFF	8.92	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.92	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#413A1D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C5219

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D0020

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e1e1e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 30, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.5% 0.148 26.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7645a',
    500: '#8e1e1e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e1e1e;
$custom-light: #b7645a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e1e1e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 65.116,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42543,
    "c": 0.14777,
    "h": 26.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.06773
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E1E1E

secondary

#4CBCBC

accent

#E8E840

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130604

muted

#827A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E1E1E

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

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