#8E1731#8E1731

#8E1731 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.066; OKLCH L 42.3% C 0.152 H 15.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E1731
RGB	rgb(142, 23, 49)
HSL	hsl(347, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(347, 84%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 83.8%, 65.5%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.85, 49.02, 16.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.85, 51.86, 19.04°)
OKLab	oklab(42.31% 0.1467 0.0407)
OKLCH	oklch(42.31% 0.152 15.5)
XYZ	xyz(12.0174, 6.5872, 3.5438)
Luminance	0.0659 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E1731 #178E74

analogous

#8E176C #8E1731 #8E3917

triadic

#8E1731 #318E17 #17318E

tetradic

#8E1731 #6C8E17 #178E74 #39178E

square

#8E1731 #6C8E17 #178E74 #39178E

split-complementary

#8E1731 #178E39 #176C8E

monochromatic

#25060D #590E1F #8E1731 #C32043 #E03F63

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.06

#8E1731 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.32

#8E1731 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E1731

9.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E1731	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E1731	1.00	9.06	2.32	9.06
#FFFFFF	9.06	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.32	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.06	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3B3931

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#59512E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C0023

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e1731;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 23, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.3% 0.152 15.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b66268',
    500: '#8e1731',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e1731;
$custom-light: #b66268;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e1731",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 346.891,
    "s": 72.121,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42312,
    "c": 0.15221,
    "h": 15.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.06585
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E1731

secondary

#40C0A4

accent

#EFC739

background

#FCF6F6

surface

#F8EBEB

border

#D1C6C6

text

#130606

muted

#827A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E1731

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

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