#8E1927#8E1927

#8E1927 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.066; OKLCH L 42.3% C 0.151 H 21.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E1927
RGB	rgb(142, 25, 39)
HSL	hsl(353, 70%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(353, 82%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 82.4%, 72.5%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.87, 47.92, 23.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.87, 53.35, 26.08°)
OKLab	oklab(42.27% 0.1408 0.054)
OKLCH	oklch(42.27% 0.151 21)
XYZ	xyz(11.8705, 6.5944, 2.5669)
Luminance	0.0659 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E1927 #198E80

analogous

#8E1961 #8E1927 #8E4619

triadic

#8E1927 #278E19 #19278E

tetradic

#8E1927 #618E19 #198E80 #46198E

square

#8E1927 #618E19 #198E80 #46198E

split-complementary

#8E1927 #198E46 #19618E

monochromatic

#26070A #5A1019 #8E1927 #C22235 #DE4356

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.06

#8E1927 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.32

#8E1927 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E1927

9.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E1927	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E1927	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)

#3D3926

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A5123

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D0020

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e1927;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 25, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.3% 0.151 21.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b76361',
    500: '#8e1927',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e1927;
$custom-light: #b76361;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e1927",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 352.821,
    "s": 70.06,
    "l": 32.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42268,
    "c": 0.15085,
    "h": 21
  },
  "luminance": 0.06593
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E1927

secondary

#44BFB0

accent

#EDD83B

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130605

muted

#827A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E1927

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

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