#8E1A24#8E1A24

#8E1A24 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.066; OKLCH L 42.3% C 0.150 H 22.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E1A24
RGB	rgb(142, 26, 36)
HSL	hsl(355, 69%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(355, 82%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 81.7%, 74.6%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.92, 47.49, 25.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.92, 53.87, 28.17°)
OKLab	oklab(42.3% 0.1388 0.0578)
OKLCH	oklch(42.3% 0.15 22.6)
XYZ	xyz(11.8446, 6.6188, 2.3226)
Luminance	0.0662 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E1A24 #1A8E84

analogous

#8E1A5E #8E1A24 #8E4A1A

triadic

#8E1A24 #248E1A #1A248E

tetradic

#8E1A24 #5E8E1A #1A8E84 #4A1A8E

square

#8E1A24 #5E8E1A #1A8E84 #4A1A8E

split-complementary

#8E1A24 #1A8E4A #1A5E8E

monochromatic

#27070A #5A1117 #8E1A24 #C22331 #DD4552

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.04

#8E1A24 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.32

#8E1A24 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E1A24

9.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E1A24	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E1A24	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)

#3E3923

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B5220

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D001F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e1a24;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 26, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.3% 0.150 22.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7635e',
    500: '#8e1a24',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e1a24;
$custom-light: #b7635e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e1a24",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.828,
    "s": 69.048,
    "l": 32.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42296,
    "c": 0.1503,
    "h": 22.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.06617
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E1A24

secondary

#45BEB4

accent

#ECDD3C

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130604

muted

#827A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E1A24

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

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