#8E1533#8E1533

#8E1533 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.065; OKLCH L 42.2% C 0.154 H 14.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E1533
RGB	rgb(142, 21, 51)
HSL	hsl(345, 74%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(345, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 85.2%, 64.1%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.71, 49.66, 15.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.71, 52.00, 17.24°)
OKLab	oklab(42.22% 0.1492 0.0375)
OKLCH	oklch(42.22% 0.154 14.1)
XYZ	xyz(12.0223, 6.5280, 3.7583)
Luminance	0.0653 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E1533 #158E70

analogous

#8E1570 #8E1533 #8E3415

triadic

#8E1533 #338E15 #15338E

tetradic

#8E1533 #708E15 #158E70 #34158E

square

#8E1533 #708E15 #158E70 #34158E

split-complementary

#8E1533 #158E34 #15708E

monochromatic

#23050D #590D20 #8E1533 #C31D46 #E23B65

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.11

#8E1533 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.31

#8E1533 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E1533

9.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E1533	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E1533	1.00	9.11	2.31	9.11
#FFFFFF	9.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.11	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3A3833

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#585130

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C0023

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e1533;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 21, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.2% 0.154 14.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b6626a',
    500: '#8e1533',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e1533;
$custom-light: #b6626a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e1533",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 345.124,
    "s": 74.233,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42222,
    "c": 0.15379,
    "h": 14.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.06526
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E1533

secondary

#3DC2A1

accent

#F1C337

background

#FCF6F6

surface

#F8EBEB

border

#D1C6C6

text

#130606

muted

#827A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E1533

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

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