#8E1729#8E1729

#8E1729 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.065; OKLCH L 42.2% C 0.152 H 19.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E1729
RGB	rgb(142, 23, 41)
HSL	hsl(351, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(351, 84%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 83.8%, 71.1%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.70, 48.58, 21.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.70, 53.31, 24.33°)
OKLab	oklab(42.16% 0.1434 0.0511)
OKLCH	oklch(42.16% 0.152 19.6)
XYZ	xyz(11.8633, 6.5255, 2.7323)
Luminance	0.0652 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E1729 #178E7C

analogous

#8E1765 #8E1729 #8E4017

triadic

#8E1729 #298E17 #17298E

tetradic

#8E1729 #658E17 #178E7C #40178E

square

#8E1729 #658E17 #178E7C #40178E

split-complementary

#8E1729 #178E40 #17658E

monochromatic

#25060B #590E1A #8E1729 #C32038 #E03F58

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.11

#8E1729 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.30

#8E1729 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E1729

9.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E1729	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E1729	1.00	9.11	2.30	9.11
#FFFFFF	9.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.11	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: #8e1729;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 23, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.2% 0.152 19.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b76262',
    500: '#8e1729',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e1729;
$custom-light: #b76262;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e1729",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 350.924,
    "s": 72.121,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42157,
    "c": 0.15224,
    "h": 19.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.06524
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E1729

secondary

#40C0AD

accent

#EFD339

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBEA

border

#D1C6C6

text

#130605

muted

#827A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E1729

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

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