#8E1931#8E1931

#8E1931 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.067; OKLCH L 42.5% C 0.151 H 15.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E1931
RGB	rgb(142, 25, 49)
HSL	hsl(348, 70%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(348, 82%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 82.4%, 65.5%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.04, 48.47, 17.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.04, 51.42, 19.51°)
OKLab	oklab(42.46% 0.1449 0.0413)
OKLCH	oklch(42.46% 0.151 15.9)
XYZ	xyz(12.0586, 6.6696, 3.5576)
Luminance	0.0667 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E1931 #198E76

analogous

#8E196C #8E1931 #8E3B19

triadic

#8E1931 #318E19 #19318E

tetradic

#8E1931 #6C8E19 #198E76 #3B198E

square

#8E1931 #6C8E19 #198E76 #3B198E

split-complementary

#8E1931 #198E3B #196C8E

monochromatic

#26070D #5A101F #8E1931 #C22243 #DE4363

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.00

#8E1931 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.33

#8E1931 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E1931

9.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E1931	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E1931	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)

#3C3A31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#59522E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C0024

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e1931;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 25, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.5% 0.151 15.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b66368',
    500: '#8e1931',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e1931;
$custom-light: #b66368;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e1931",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 347.692,
    "s": 70.06,
    "l": 32.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42456,
    "c": 0.15066,
    "h": 15.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.06668
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E1931

secondary

#44BFA6

accent

#EDC83B

background

#FCF6F6

surface

#F8EBEB

border

#D1C6C6

text

#130606

muted

#827A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E1931

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

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