#8E1726#8E1726

#8E1726 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.065; OKLCH L 42.1% C 0.152 H 21.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E1726
RGB	rgb(142, 23, 38)
HSL	hsl(352, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(352, 84%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 83.8%, 73.2%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.65, 48.43, 23.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.65, 53.98, 26.21°)
OKLab	oklab(42.11% 0.1422 0.0547)
OKLCH	oklch(42.11% 0.152 21)
XYZ	xyz(11.8130, 6.5054, 2.4670)
Luminance	0.0650 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E1726 #178E7F

analogous

#8E1762 #8E1726 #8E4417

triadic

#8E1726 #268E17 #17268E

tetradic

#8E1726 #628E17 #178E7F #44178E

square

#8E1726 #628E17 #178E7F #44178E

split-complementary

#8E1726 #178E44 #17628E

monochromatic

#25060A #590E18 #8E1726 #C32034 #E03F54

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.13

#8E1726 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.30

#8E1726 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E1726

9.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E1726	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E1726	1.00	9.13	2.30	9.13
#FFFFFF	9.13	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.13	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3D3825

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A5122

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D001E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e1726;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 23, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.1% 0.152 21.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b76260',
    500: '#8e1726',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e1726;
$custom-light: #b76260;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e1726",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 352.437,
    "s": 72.121,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42106,
    "c": 0.15238,
    "h": 21
  },
  "luminance": 0.06504
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E1726

secondary

#40C0B0

accent

#EFD839

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130604

muted

#827A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E1726

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

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