#8E1835#8E1835

#8E1835 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.067; OKLCH L 42.5% C 0.152 H 13.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E1835
RGB	rgb(142, 24, 53)
HSL	hsl(345, 71%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(345, 83%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 83.1%, 62.7%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.03, 49.00, 14.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.03, 51.11, 16.50°)
OKLab	oklab(42.47% 0.1474 0.0355)
OKLCH	oklch(42.47% 0.152 13.5)
XYZ	xyz(12.1258, 6.6629, 4.0151)
Luminance	0.0666 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E1835 #188E71

analogous

#8E1870 #8E1835 #8E3618

triadic

#8E1835 #358E18 #18358E

tetradic

#8E1835 #708E18 #188E71 #36188E

square

#8E1835 #708E18 #188E71 #36188E

split-complementary

#8E1835 #188E36 #18708E

monochromatic

#25060E #5A0F21 #8E1835 #C22149 #DF4168

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.00

#8E1835 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.33

#8E1835 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E1835

9.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E1835	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E1835	1.00	9.00	2.33	9.00
#FFFFFF	9.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3B3A35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#595232

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C0025

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e1835;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 24, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.5% 0.152 13.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b6636b',
    500: '#8e1835',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e1835;
$custom-light: #b6636b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e1835",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 345.254,
    "s": 71.084,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42471,
    "c": 0.15166,
    "h": 13.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.06661
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E1835

secondary

#42C0A1

accent

#EEC23A

background

#FCF6F6

surface

#F8EBEB

border

#D1C6C6

text

#120606

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E1835

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

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