#8E1528#8E1528

#8E1528 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.064; OKLCH L 42.0% C 0.154 H 19.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E1528
RGB	rgb(142, 21, 40)
HSL	hsl(351, 74%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(351, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 85.2%, 71.8%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.50, 49.05, 22.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.50, 53.91, 24.52°)
OKLab	oklab(42% 0.1447 0.0518)
OKLCH	oklch(42% 0.154 19.7)
XYZ	xyz(11.8079, 6.4422, 2.6288)
Luminance	0.0644 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E1528 #158E7B

analogous

#8E1564 #8E1528 #8E3F15

triadic

#8E1528 #288E15 #15288E

tetradic

#8E1528 #648E15 #158E7B #3F158E

square

#8E1528 #648E15 #158E7B #3F158E

split-complementary

#8E1528 #158E3F #15648E

monochromatic

#23050A #590D19 #8E1528 #C31D37 #E23B56

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.18

#8E1528 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.29

#8E1528 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E1528

9.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E1528	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E1528	1.00	9.18	2.29	9.18
#FFFFFF	9.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3C3828

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#595124

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D001E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e1528;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 21, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.0% 0.154 19.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b76161',
    500: '#8e1528',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e1528;
$custom-light: #b76161;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e1528",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 350.579,
    "s": 74.233,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42004,
    "c": 0.15368,
    "h": 19.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.0644
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E1528

secondary

#3DC2AD

accent

#F1D437

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130605

muted

#827A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E1528

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

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