#8E1727#8E1727

#8E1727 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.065; OKLCH L 42.1% C 0.152 H 20.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E1727
RGB	rgb(142, 23, 39)
HSL	hsl(352, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(352, 84%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 83.8%, 72.5%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.67, 48.48, 23.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.67, 53.75, 25.59°)
OKLab	oklab(42.12% 0.1426 0.0535)
OKLCH	oklch(42.12% 0.152 20.6)
XYZ	xyz(11.8293, 6.5119, 2.5531)
Luminance	0.0651 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E1727 #178E7E

analogous

#8E1762 #8E1727 #8E4317

triadic

#8E1727 #278E17 #17278E

tetradic

#8E1727 #628E17 #178E7E #43178E

square

#8E1727 #628E17 #178E7E #43178E

split-complementary

#8E1727 #178E43 #17628E

monochromatic

#25060A #590E19 #8E1727 #C32035 #E03F55

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.12

#8E1727 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.30

#8E1727 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E1727

9.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E1727	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E1727	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)

#3D3827

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A5123

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D001F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e1727;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 23, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.1% 0.152 20.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b76261',
    500: '#8e1727',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e1727;
$custom-light: #b76261;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e1727",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 351.933,
    "s": 72.121,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42123,
    "c": 0.15233,
    "h": 20.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.0651
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E1727

secondary

#40C0AF

accent

#EFD639

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130605

muted

#827A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E1727

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

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