#8E1529#8E1529

#8E1529 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.064; OKLCH L 42.0% C 0.154 H 19.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E1529
RGB	rgb(142, 21, 41)
HSL	hsl(350, 74%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(350, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 85.2%, 71.1%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.52, 49.10, 21.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.52, 53.70, 23.88°)
OKLab	oklab(42.02% 0.1451 0.0506)
OKLCH	oklch(42.02% 0.154 19.2)
XYZ	xyz(11.8251, 6.4491, 2.7196)
Luminance	0.0645 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E1529 #158E7A

analogous

#8E1565 #8E1529 #8E3E15

triadic

#8E1529 #298E15 #15298E

tetradic

#8E1529 #658E15 #158E7A #3E158E

square

#8E1529 #658E15 #158E7A #3E158E

split-complementary

#8E1529 #158E3E #15658E

monochromatic

#23050A #590D1A #8E1529 #C31D38 #E23B57

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.17

#8E1529 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.29

#8E1529 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E1529

9.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E1529	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E1529	1.00	9.17	2.29	9.17
#FFFFFF	9.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3C3829

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#595125

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D001E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e1529;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 21, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.0% 0.154 19.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b76262',
    500: '#8e1529',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e1529;
$custom-light: #b76262;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e1529",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 350.083,
    "s": 74.233,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42022,
    "c": 0.15365,
    "h": 19.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.06447
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E1529

secondary

#3DC2AC

accent

#F1D237

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBEA

border

#D1C6C6

text

#130605

muted

#827A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E1529

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

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