#8E1831#8E1831

#8E1831 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.066; OKLCH L 42.4% C 0.151 H 15.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E1831
RGB	rgb(142, 24, 49)
HSL	hsl(347, 71%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(347, 83%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 83.1%, 65.5%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.94, 48.75, 17.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.94, 51.64, 19.27°)
OKLab	oklab(42.38% 0.1458 0.041)
OKLCH	oklch(42.38% 0.151 15.7)
XYZ	xyz(12.0377, 6.6277, 3.5506)
Luminance	0.0663 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8E1831 #188E75

analogous

#8E186C #8E1831 #8E3A18

triadic

#8E1831 #318E18 #18318E

tetradic

#8E1831 #6C8E18 #188E75 #3A188E

square

#8E1831 #6C8E18 #188E75 #3A188E

split-complementary

#8E1831 #188E3A #186C8E

monochromatic

#25060D #5A0F1F #8E1831 #C22143 #DF4163

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.03

#8E1831 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.33

#8E1831 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E1831

9.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E1831	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E1831	1.00	9.03	2.33	9.03
#FFFFFF	9.03	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.03	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3C3931

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#59522E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C0023

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e1831;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 24, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.4% 0.151 15.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b66368',
    500: '#8e1831',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e1831;
$custom-light: #b66368;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e1831",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 347.288,
    "s": 71.084,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42383,
    "c": 0.15145,
    "h": 15.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.06626
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E1831

secondary

#42C0A5

accent

#EEC83A

background

#FCF6F6

surface

#F8EBEB

border

#D1C6C6

text

#130606

muted

#827A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E1831

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

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