#8E1A23#8E1A23

#8E1A23 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.066; OKLCH L 42.3% C 0.150 H 23.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E1A23
RGB	rgb(142, 26, 35)
HSL	hsl(355, 69%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(355, 82%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 81.7%, 75.4%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.91, 47.45, 26.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.91, 54.13, 28.77°)
OKLab	oklab(42.28% 0.1384 0.0589)
OKLCH	oklch(42.28% 0.15 23.1)
XYZ	xyz(11.8295, 6.6128, 2.2433)
Luminance	0.0661 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E1A23 #1A8E85

analogous

#8E1A5D #8E1A23 #8E4B1A

triadic

#8E1A23 #238E1A #1A238E

tetradic

#8E1A23 #5D8E1A #1A8E85 #4B1A8E

square

#8E1A23 #5D8E1A #1A8E85 #4B1A8E

split-complementary

#8E1A23 #1A8E4B #1A5D8E

monochromatic

#270709 #5A1116 #8E1A23 #C22330 #DD4551

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.04

#8E1A23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.32

#8E1A23 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E1A23

9.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E1A23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E1A23	1.00	9.04	2.32	9.04
#FFFFFF	9.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.32	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3E3922

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B521F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D001F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e1a23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 26, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.3% 0.150 23.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7635e',
    500: '#8e1a23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e1a23;
$custom-light: #b7635e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e1a23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.345,
    "s": 69.048,
    "l": 32.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42281,
    "c": 0.15039,
    "h": 23.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.06611
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E1A23

secondary

#45BEB5

accent

#ECDE3C

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130604

muted

#827A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E1A23

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