#8E1428#8E1428

#8E1428 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.064; OKLCH L 41.9% C 0.154 H 19.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E1428
RGB	rgb(142, 20, 40)
HSL	hsl(350, 75%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(350, 86%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 85.9%, 71.8%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.41, 49.30, 22.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.41, 54.09, 24.31°)
OKLab	oklab(41.94% 0.1455 0.0516)
OKLCH	oklch(41.94% 0.154 19.5)
XYZ	xyz(11.7899, 6.4062, 2.6228)
Luminance	0.0640 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E1428 #148E7A

analogous

#8E1465 #8E1428 #8E3D14

triadic

#8E1428 #288E14 #14288E

tetradic

#8E1428 #658E14 #148E7A #3D148E

square

#8E1428 #658E14 #148E7A #3D148E

split-complementary

#8E1428 #148E3D #14658E

monochromatic

#23050A #580C19 #8E1428 #C41C37 #E33955

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.21

#8E1428 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.28

#8E1428 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E1428

9.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E1428	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E1428	1.00	9.21	2.28	9.21
#FFFFFF	9.21	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.21	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3B3728

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#595124

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D001D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e1428;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 20, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.9% 0.154 19.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b76161',
    500: '#8e1428',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e1428;
$custom-light: #b76161;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e1428",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 20,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 350.164,
    "s": 75.309,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4194,
    "c": 0.15435,
    "h": 19.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.06404
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E1428

secondary

#3CC2AC

accent

#F2D336

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130605

muted

#827A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E1428

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

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