#8E1629#8E1629

#8E1629 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.065; OKLCH L 42.1% C 0.153 H 19.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E1629
RGB	rgb(142, 22, 41)
HSL	hsl(351, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(351, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 84.5%, 71.1%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.61, 48.84, 21.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.61, 53.51, 24.10°)
OKLab	oklab(42.09% 0.1443 0.0508)
OKLCH	oklch(42.09% 0.153 19.4)
XYZ	xyz(11.8438, 6.4866, 2.7258)
Luminance	0.0649 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E1629 #168E7B

analogous

#8E1665 #8E1629 #8E3F16

triadic

#8E1629 #298E16 #16298E

tetradic

#8E1629 #658E16 #168E7B #3F168E

square

#8E1629 #658E16 #168E7B #3F168E

split-complementary

#8E1629 #168E3F #16658E

monochromatic

#24060A #590E1A #8E1629 #C31E38 #E13D57

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.14

#8E1629 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.30

#8E1629 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E1629

9.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E1629	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E1629	1.00	9.14	2.30	9.14
#FFFFFF	9.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3C3829

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A5125

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D001F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e1629;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 22, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.1% 0.153 19.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b76262',
    500: '#8e1629',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e1629;
$custom-light: #b76262;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e1629",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 350.5,
    "s": 73.171,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42088,
    "c": 0.15295,
    "h": 19.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.06485
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E1629

secondary

#3FC1AC

accent

#F0D338

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBEA

border

#D1C6C6

text

#130605

muted

#827A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E1629

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

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