#8E1A29#8E1A29

#8E1A29 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.067; OKLCH L 42.4% C 0.150 H 20.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E1A29
RGB	rgb(142, 26, 41)
HSL	hsl(352, 69%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(352, 82%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 81.7%, 71.1%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.00, 47.73, 22.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.00, 52.70, 25.07°)
OKLab	oklab(42.38% 0.1407 0.0519)
OKLCH	oklch(42.38% 0.15 20.2)
XYZ	xyz(11.9263, 6.6515, 2.7533)
Luminance	0.0665 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E1A29 #1A8E7F

analogous

#8E1A63 #8E1A29 #8E451A

triadic

#8E1A29 #298E1A #1A298E

tetradic

#8E1A29 #638E1A #1A8E7F #451A8E

square

#8E1A29 #638E1A #1A8E7F #451A8E

split-complementary

#8E1A29 #1A8E45 #1A638E

monochromatic

#27070B #5A111A #8E1A29 #C22338 #DD4559

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.01

#8E1A29 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.33

#8E1A29 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E1A29

9.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E1A29	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E1A29	1.00	9.01	2.33	9.01
#FFFFFF	9.01	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.01	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3E3929

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A5225

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D0021

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e1a29;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 26, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.4% 0.150 20.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b76362',
    500: '#8e1a29',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e1a29;
$custom-light: #b76362;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e1a29",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 352.241,
    "s": 69.048,
    "l": 32.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42378,
    "c": 0.14997,
    "h": 20.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.0665
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E1A29

secondary

#45BEAF

accent

#ECD53C

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBEA

border

#D1C6C6

text

#130605

muted

#827A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E1A29

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

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