#8E1834#8E1834

#8E1834 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.067; OKLCH L 42.4% C 0.152 H 14.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E1834
RGB	rgb(142, 24, 52)
HSL	hsl(346, 71%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(346, 83%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 83.1%, 63.4%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.01, 48.94, 15.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.01, 51.23, 17.19°)
OKLab	oklab(42.45% 0.147 0.0369)
OKLCH	oklch(42.45% 0.152 14.1)
XYZ	xyz(12.1031, 6.6538, 3.8952)
Luminance	0.0665 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E1834 #188E72

analogous

#8E186F #8E1834 #8E3718

triadic

#8E1834 #348E18 #18348E

tetradic

#8E1834 #6F8E18 #188E72 #37188E

square

#8E1834 #6F8E18 #188E72 #37188E

split-complementary

#8E1834 #188E37 #186F8E

monochromatic

#25060E #5A0F21 #8E1834 #C22147 #DF4167

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.01

#8E1834 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.33

#8E1834 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E1834

9.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E1834	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E1834	1.00	9.01	2.33	9.01
#FFFFFF	9.01	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.01	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3B3934

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#595231

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C0024

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e1834;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 24, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.4% 0.152 14.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b6636b',
    500: '#8e1834',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e1834;
$custom-light: #b6636b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e1834",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 345.763,
    "s": 71.084,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42449,
    "c": 0.15158,
    "h": 14.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.06652
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E1834

secondary

#42C0A2

accent

#EEC33A

background

#FCF6F6

surface

#F8EBEB

border

#D1C6C6

text

#120606

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E1834

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

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