#8E1929#8E1929

#8E1929 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.066; OKLCH L 42.3% C 0.151 H 20.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E1929
RGB	rgb(142, 25, 41)
HSL	hsl(352, 70%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(352, 82%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 82.4%, 71.1%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.90, 48.02, 22.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.90, 52.91, 24.82°)
OKLab	oklab(42.3% 0.1416 0.0516)
OKLCH	oklch(42.3% 0.151 20)
XYZ	xyz(11.9046, 6.6080, 2.7460)
Luminance	0.0661 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E1929 #198E7E

analogous

#8E1963 #8E1929 #8E4419

triadic

#8E1929 #298E19 #19298E

tetradic

#8E1929 #638E19 #198E7E #44198E

square

#8E1929 #638E19 #198E7E #44198E

split-complementary

#8E1929 #198E44 #19638E

monochromatic

#26070B #5A101A #8E1929 #C22238 #DE4359

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.05

#8E1929 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.32

#8E1929 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E1929

9.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E1929	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E1929	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)

#3D3929

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A5225

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D0020

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e1929;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 25, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.3% 0.151 20.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b76362',
    500: '#8e1929',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e1929;
$custom-light: #b76362;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e1929",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 351.795,
    "s": 70.06,
    "l": 32.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42302,
    "c": 0.15074,
    "h": 20
  },
  "luminance": 0.06606
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E1929

secondary

#44BFAE

accent

#EDD53B

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBEA

border

#D1C6C6

text

#130605

muted

#827A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E1929

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

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