#8E1923#8E1923

#8E1923 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.066; OKLCH L 42.2% C 0.151 H 22.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E1923
RGB	rgb(142, 25, 35)
HSL	hsl(355, 70%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(355, 82%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 82.4%, 75.4%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.81, 47.74, 25.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.81, 54.33, 28.51°)
OKLab	oklab(42.21% 0.1393 0.0586)
OKLCH	oklch(42.21% 0.151 22.8)
XYZ	xyz(11.8077, 6.5693, 2.2361)
Luminance	0.0657 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E1923 #198E84

analogous

#8E195D #8E1923 #8E4A19

triadic

#8E1923 #238E19 #19238E

tetradic

#8E1923 #5D8E19 #198E84 #4A198E

square

#8E1923 #5D8E19 #198E84 #4A198E

split-complementary

#8E1923 #198E4A #195D8E

monochromatic

#260709 #5A1016 #8E1923 #C22230 #DE4351

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.08

#8E1923 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.31

#8E1923 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E1923

9.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E1923	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E1923	1.00	9.08	2.31	9.08
#FFFFFF	9.08	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.08	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3E3922

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B511F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D001E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e1923;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 25, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.2% 0.151 22.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7635e',
    500: '#8e1923',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e1923;
$custom-light: #b7635e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e1923",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.872,
    "s": 70.06,
    "l": 32.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42205,
    "c": 0.15114,
    "h": 22.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.06567
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E1923

secondary

#44BFB4

accent

#EDDE3B

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130604

muted

#827A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E1923

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

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