#8E1928#8E1928

#8E1928 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.066; OKLCH L 42.3% C 0.151 H 20.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E1928
RGB	rgb(142, 25, 40)
HSL	hsl(352, 70%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(352, 82%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 82.4%, 71.8%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.88, 47.97, 22.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.88, 53.13, 25.45°)
OKLab	oklab(42.29% 0.1412 0.0528)
OKLCH	oklch(42.29% 0.151 20.5)
XYZ	xyz(11.8873, 6.6011, 2.6553)
Luminance	0.0660 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E1928 #198E7F

analogous

#8E1962 #8E1928 #8E4519

triadic

#8E1928 #288E19 #19288E

tetradic

#8E1928 #628E19 #198E7F #45198E

square

#8E1928 #628E19 #198E7F #45198E

split-complementary

#8E1928 #198E45 #19628E

monochromatic

#26070B #5A1019 #8E1928 #C22237 #DE4357

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.05

#8E1928 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.32

#8E1928 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E1928

9.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E1928	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E1928	1.00	9.05	2.32	9.05
#FFFFFF	9.05	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.32	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.05	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3D3928

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A5124

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D0020

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e1928;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 25, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.3% 0.151 20.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b76361',
    500: '#8e1928',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e1928;
$custom-light: #b76361;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e1928",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 352.308,
    "s": 70.06,
    "l": 32.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42285,
    "c": 0.15079,
    "h": 20.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.06599
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E1928

secondary

#44BFAF

accent

#EDD63B

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130605

muted

#827A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E1928

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

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