#8E1728#8E1728

#8E1728 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.065; OKLCH L 42.1% C 0.152 H 20.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E1728
RGB	rgb(142, 23, 40)
HSL	hsl(351, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(351, 84%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 83.8%, 71.8%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.69, 48.53, 22.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.69, 53.53, 24.97°)
OKLab	oklab(42.14% 0.143 0.0523)
OKLCH	oklch(42.14% 0.152 20.1)
XYZ	xyz(11.8461, 6.5187, 2.6416)
Luminance	0.0652 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8E1728 #178E7D

analogous

#8E1763 #8E1728 #8E4217

triadic

#8E1728 #288E17 #17288E

tetradic

#8E1728 #638E17 #178E7D #42178E

square

#8E1728 #638E17 #178E7D #42178E

split-complementary

#8E1728 #178E42 #17638E

monochromatic

#25060A #590E19 #8E1728 #C32037 #E03F56

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.12

#8E1728 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.30

#8E1728 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E1728

9.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E1728	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E1728	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)

#3C3828

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A5124

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D001F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e1728;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 23, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.1% 0.152 20.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b76261',
    500: '#8e1728',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e1728;
$custom-light: #b76261;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e1728",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 351.429,
    "s": 72.121,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4214,
    "c": 0.15228,
    "h": 20.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.06517
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E1728

secondary

#40C0AE

accent

#EFD539

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130605

muted

#827A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E1728

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

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