#8E1A22#8E1A22

#8E1A22 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.066; OKLCH L 42.3% C 0.150 H 23.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E1A22
RGB	rgb(142, 26, 34)
HSL	hsl(356, 69%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(356, 82%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 81.7%, 76.1%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.89, 47.40, 26.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.89, 54.39, 29.35°)
OKLab	oklab(42.27% 0.138 0.06)
OKLCH	oklch(42.27% 0.15 23.5)
XYZ	xyz(11.8149, 6.6069, 2.1662)
Luminance	0.0660 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E1A22 #1A8E86

analogous

#8E1A5C #8E1A22 #8E4C1A

triadic

#8E1A22 #228E1A #1A228E

tetradic

#8E1A22 #5C8E1A #1A8E86 #4C1A8E

square

#8E1A22 #5C8E1A #1A8E86 #4C1A8E

split-complementary

#8E1A22 #1A8E4C #1A5C8E

monochromatic

#270709 #5A1116 #8E1A22 #C2232E #DD4550

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.05

#8E1A22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.32

#8E1A22 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E1A22

9.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E1A22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E1A22	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)

#3E3921

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B521E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D001E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e1a22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 26, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.3% 0.150 23.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7635d',
    500: '#8e1a22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e1a22;
$custom-light: #b7635d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e1a22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.862,
    "s": 69.048,
    "l": 32.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42266,
    "c": 0.15048,
    "h": 23.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.06605
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E1A22

secondary

#45BEB6

accent

#ECE03C

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130604

muted

#827A79

Preview Lab

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