#8E1A28#8E1A28

#8E1A28 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.066; OKLCH L 42.4% C 0.150 H 20.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E1A28
RGB	rgb(142, 26, 40)
HSL	hsl(353, 69%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(353, 82%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 81.7%, 71.8%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.98, 47.68, 22.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.98, 52.92, 25.71°)
OKLab	oklab(42.36% 0.1403 0.0531)
OKLCH	oklch(42.36% 0.15 20.7)
XYZ	xyz(11.9091, 6.6446, 2.6626)
Luminance	0.0664 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8E1A28 #1A8E80

analogous

#8E1A62 #8E1A28 #8E461A

triadic

#8E1A28 #288E1A #1A288E

tetradic

#8E1A28 #628E1A #1A8E80 #461A8E

square

#8E1A28 #628E1A #1A8E80 #461A8E

split-complementary

#8E1A28 #1A8E46 #1A628E

monochromatic

#27070B #5A1119 #8E1A28 #C22337 #DD4558

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.02

#8E1A28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.33

#8E1A28 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E1A28

9.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E1A28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E1A28	1.00	9.02	2.33	9.02
#FFFFFF	9.02	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.02	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3E3928

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A5224

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D0021

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e1a28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 26, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.4% 0.150 20.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b76361',
    500: '#8e1a28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e1a28;
$custom-light: #b76361;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e1a28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 352.759,
    "s": 69.048,
    "l": 32.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42361,
    "c": 0.15002,
    "h": 20.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.06643
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E1A28

secondary

#45BEB0

accent

#ECD73C

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130605

muted

#827A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E1A28

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

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