#8E1A2B#8E1A2B

#8E1A2B is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.067; OKLCH L 42.4% C 0.150 H 19.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E1A2B
RGB	rgb(142, 26, 43)
HSL	hsl(351, 69%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(351, 82%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 81.7%, 69.7%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.03, 47.84, 21.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.03, 52.27, 23.78°)
OKLab	oklab(42.41% 0.1415 0.0494)
OKLCH	oklch(42.41% 0.15 19.3)
XYZ	xyz(11.9621, 6.6659, 2.9418)
Luminance	0.0666 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E1A2B #1A8E7D

analogous

#8E1A65 #8E1A2B #8E431A

triadic

#8E1A2B #2B8E1A #1A2B8E

tetradic

#8E1A2B #658E1A #1A8E7D #431A8E

square

#8E1A2B #658E1A #1A8E7D #431A8E

split-complementary

#8E1A2B #1A8E43 #1A658E

monochromatic

#27070C #5A111B #8E1A2B #C2233B #DD455C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.00

#8E1A2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.33

#8E1A2B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E1A2B

9.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E1A2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E1A2B	1.00	9.00	2.33	9.00
#FFFFFF	9.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3D392B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A5227

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C0022

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e1a2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 26, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.4% 0.150 19.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b76364',
    500: '#8e1a2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e1a2b;
$custom-light: #b76364;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e1a2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 351.207,
    "s": 69.048,
    "l": 32.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42414,
    "c": 0.14989,
    "h": 19.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.06664
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E1A2B

secondary

#45BEAD

accent

#ECD23C

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBEA

border

#D1C6C6

text

#130605

muted

#827A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E1A2B

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

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