#8E1431#8E1431

#8E1431 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.065; OKLCH L 42.1% C 0.154 H 15.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E1431
RGB	rgb(142, 20, 49)
HSL	hsl(346, 75%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(346, 86%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 85.9%, 65.5%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.58, 49.79, 16.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.58, 52.47, 18.41°)
OKLab	oklab(42.12% 0.1491 0.0399)
OKLCH	oklch(42.12% 0.154 15)
XYZ	xyz(11.9612, 6.4747, 3.5251)
Luminance	0.0647 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E1431 #148E71

analogous

#8E146E #8E1431 #8E3414

triadic

#8E1431 #318E14 #14318E

tetradic

#8E1431 #6E8E14 #148E71 #34148E

square

#8E1431 #6E8E14 #148E71 #34148E

split-complementary

#8E1431 #148E34 #146E8E

monochromatic

#23050C #580C1E #8E1431 #C41C44 #E33962

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.15

#8E1431 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.29

#8E1431 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E1431

9.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E1431	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E1431	1.00	9.15	2.29	9.15
#FFFFFF	9.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3A3831

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#58512E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C0021

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e1431;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 20, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.1% 0.154 15.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b66168',
    500: '#8e1431',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e1431;
$custom-light: #b66168;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e1431",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 20,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 345.738,
    "s": 75.309,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42115,
    "c": 0.15438,
    "h": 15
  },
  "luminance": 0.06473
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E1431

secondary

#3CC2A2

accent

#F2C536

background

#FCF6F6

surface

#F8EBEB

border

#D1C6C6

text

#130606

muted

#827A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E1431

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

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