#8E1730#8E1730

#8E1730 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.066; OKLCH L 42.3% C 0.152 H 16.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E1730
RGB	rgb(142, 23, 48)
HSL	hsl(347, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(347, 84%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 83.8%, 66.2%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.83, 48.96, 17.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.83, 52.01, 19.72°)
OKLab	oklab(42.29% 0.1463 0.0421)
OKLCH	oklch(42.29% 0.152 16.1)
XYZ	xyz(11.9965, 6.5788, 3.4339)
Luminance	0.0658 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E1730 #178E75

analogous

#8E176C #8E1730 #8E3A17

triadic

#8E1730 #308E17 #17308E

tetradic

#8E1730 #6C8E17 #178E75 #3A178E

square

#8E1730 #6C8E17 #178E75 #3A178E

split-complementary

#8E1730 #178E3A #176C8E

monochromatic

#25060C #590E1E #8E1730 #C32042 #E03F61

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.07

#8E1730 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.32

#8E1730 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E1730

9.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E1730	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E1730	1.00	9.07	2.32	9.07
#FFFFFF	9.07	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.32	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.07	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3B3930

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#59512D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C0022

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e1730;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 23, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.3% 0.152 16.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b66268',
    500: '#8e1730',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e1730;
$custom-light: #b66268;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e1730",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 347.395,
    "s": 72.121,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42291,
    "c": 0.15218,
    "h": 16.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.06577
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E1730

secondary

#40C0A5

accent

#EFC939

background

#FCF6F6

surface

#F8EBEB

border

#D1C6C6

text

#130606

muted

#827A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E1730

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

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