#8E1A25#8E1A25

#8E1A25 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.066; OKLCH L 42.3% C 0.150 H 22.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E1A25
RGB	rgb(142, 26, 37)
HSL	hsl(354, 69%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(354, 82%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 81.7%, 73.9%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.94, 47.54, 24.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.94, 53.63, 27.57°)
OKLab	oklab(42.31% 0.1391 0.0566)
OKLCH	oklch(42.31% 0.15 22.2)
XYZ	xyz(11.8600, 6.6250, 2.4042)
Luminance	0.0662 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E1A25 #1A8E83

analogous

#8E1A5F #8E1A25 #8E491A

triadic

#8E1A25 #258E1A #1A258E

tetradic

#8E1A25 #5F8E1A #1A8E83 #491A8E

square

#8E1A25 #5F8E1A #1A8E83 #491A8E

split-complementary

#8E1A25 #1A8E49 #1A5F8E

monochromatic

#27070A #5A1118 #8E1A25 #C22332 #DD4554

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.03

#8E1A25 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.32

#8E1A25 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E1A25

9.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E1A25	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E1A25	1.00	9.03	2.32	9.03
#FFFFFF	9.03	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.32	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.03	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3E3924

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B5221

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D001F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e1a25;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 26, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.3% 0.150 22.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7635f',
    500: '#8e1a25',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e1a25;
$custom-light: #b7635f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e1a25",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.31,
    "s": 69.048,
    "l": 32.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42312,
    "c": 0.15022,
    "h": 22.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.06623
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E1A25

secondary

#45BEB3

accent

#ECDB3C

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130604

muted

#827A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E1A25

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

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