#8E2118#8E2118

#8E2118 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 42.7% C 0.146 H 29.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E2118
RGB	rgb(142, 33, 24)
HSL	hsl(5, 71%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(5, 83%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.8%, 83.1%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.59, 44.75, 33.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.59, 55.81, 36.70°)
OKLab	oklab(42.75% 0.1274 0.0715)
OKLCH	oklch(42.75% 0.146 29.3)
XYZ	xyz(11.8655, 6.9063, 1.5723)
Luminance	0.0690 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8E2118 #18858E

analogous

#8E184A #8E2118 #8E5C18

triadic

#8E2118 #188E21 #21188E

tetradic

#8E2118 #4A8E18 #18858E #5C188E

square

#8E2118 #4A8E18 #18858E #5C188E

split-complementary

#8E2118 #188E5C #184A8E

monochromatic

#250906 #5A150F #8E2118 #C22D21 #DF4D41

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.82

#8E2118 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.38

#8E2118 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E2118

8.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E2118	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E2118	1.00	8.82	2.38	8.82
#FFFFFF	8.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#433B16

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D5313

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D0020

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e2118;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 33, 24);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.7% 0.146 29.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b86656',
    500: '#8e2118',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e2118;
$custom-light: #b86656;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e2118",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 24
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.576,
    "s": 71.084,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42749,
    "c": 0.14613,
    "h": 29.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.06904
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E2118

secondary

#42B6C0

accent

#E0EE3A

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130603

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E2118

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

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