#8E1628#8E1628

#8E1628 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.065; OKLCH L 42.1% C 0.153 H 19.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E1628
RGB	rgb(142, 22, 40)
HSL	hsl(351, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(351, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 84.5%, 71.8%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.59, 48.79, 22.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.59, 53.72, 24.74°)
OKLab	oklab(42.07% 0.1439 0.0521)
OKLCH	oklch(42.07% 0.153 19.9)
XYZ	xyz(11.8266, 6.4797, 2.6351)
Luminance	0.0648 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E1628 #168E7C

analogous

#8E1664 #8E1628 #8E4016

triadic

#8E1628 #288E16 #16288E

tetradic

#8E1628 #648E16 #168E7C #40168E

square

#8E1628 #648E16 #168E7C #40168E

split-complementary

#8E1628 #168E40 #16648E

monochromatic

#24060A #590E19 #8E1628 #C31E37 #E13D56

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.15

#8E1628 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.30

#8E1628 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E1628

9.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E1628	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E1628	1.00	9.15	2.30	9.15
#FFFFFF	9.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3C3828

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A5124

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D001E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e1628;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 22, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.1% 0.153 19.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b76261',
    500: '#8e1628',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e1628;
$custom-light: #b76261;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e1628",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 351,
    "s": 73.171,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42071,
    "c": 0.15299,
    "h": 19.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.06478
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E1628

secondary

#3FC1AD

accent

#F0D438

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130605

muted

#827A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E1628

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

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