#8E1531#8E1531

#8E1531 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.065; OKLCH L 42.2% C 0.154 H 15.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E1531
RGB	rgb(142, 21, 49)
HSL	hsl(346, 74%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(346, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 85.2%, 65.5%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.67, 49.54, 16.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.67, 52.27, 18.61°)
OKLab	oklab(42.18% 0.1483 0.0402)
OKLCH	oklch(42.18% 0.154 15.2)
XYZ	xyz(11.9792, 6.5107, 3.5311)
Luminance	0.0651 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E1531 #158E72

analogous

#8E156E #8E1531 #8E3615

triadic

#8E1531 #318E15 #15318E

tetradic

#8E1531 #6E8E15 #158E72 #36158E

square

#8E1531 #6E8E15 #158E72 #36158E

split-complementary

#8E1531 #158E36 #156E8E

monochromatic

#23050C #590D1F #8E1531 #C31D43 #E23B62

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.12

#8E1531 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.30

#8E1531 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E1531

9.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E1531	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E1531	1.00	9.12	2.30	9.12
#FFFFFF	9.12	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.12	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3A3831

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#59512E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C0022

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e1531;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 21, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.2% 0.154 15.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b66268',
    500: '#8e1531',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e1531;
$custom-light: #b66268;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e1531",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 346.116,
    "s": 74.233,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42178,
    "c": 0.15369,
    "h": 15.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.06509
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E1531

secondary

#3DC2A3

accent

#F1C637

background

#FCF6F6

surface

#F8EBEB

border

#D1C6C6

text

#130606

muted

#827A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E1531

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

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