#8E1F17#8E1F17

#8E1F17 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 42.6% C 0.148 H 29.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E1F17
RGB	rgb(142, 31, 23)
HSL	hsl(4, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(4, 84%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78.2%, 83.8%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.33, 45.41, 33.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.33, 56.53, 36.55°)
OKLab	oklab(42.55% 0.1293 0.0718)
OKLCH	oklch(42.55% 0.148 29)
XYZ	xyz(11.8014, 6.7945, 1.5005)
Luminance	0.0679 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E1F17 #17868E

analogous

#8E174A #8E1F17 #8E5B17

triadic

#8E1F17 #178E1F #1F178E

tetradic

#8E1F17 #4A8E17 #17868E #5B178E

square

#8E1F17 #4A8E17 #17868E #5B178E

split-complementary

#8E1F17 #178E5B #174A8E

monochromatic

#250806 #59140E #8E1F17 #C32A20 #E04A3F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.90

#8E1F17 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.36

#8E1F17 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E1F17

8.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E1F17	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E1F17	1.00	8.90	2.36	8.90
#FFFFFF	8.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#423A15

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D5211

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D001F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e1f17;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 31, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.6% 0.148 29.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b86555',
    500: '#8e1f17',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e1f17;
$custom-light: #b86555;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e1f17",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 31,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.034,
    "s": 72.121,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42553,
    "c": 0.1479,
    "h": 29
  },
  "luminance": 0.06793
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E1F17

secondary

#40B8C0

accent

#E3EF39

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130603

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E1F17

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