#8E1A2D#8E1A2D

#8E1A2D is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.067; OKLCH L 42.5% C 0.150 H 18.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E1A2D
RGB	rgb(142, 26, 45)
HSL	hsl(350, 69%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(350, 82%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 81.7%, 68.3%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.07, 47.95, 19.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.07, 51.88, 22.46°)
OKLab	oklab(42.45% 0.1423 0.0469)
OKLCH	oklch(42.45% 0.15 18.2)
XYZ	xyz(11.9997, 6.6809, 3.1398)
Luminance	0.0668 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E1A2D #1A8E7B

analogous

#8E1A67 #8E1A2D #8E411A

triadic

#8E1A2D #2D8E1A #1A2D8E

tetradic

#8E1A2D #678E1A #1A8E7B #411A8E

square

#8E1A2D #678E1A #1A8E7B #411A8E

split-complementary

#8E1A2D #1A8E41 #1A678E

monochromatic

#27070C #5A111D #8E1A2D #C2233D #DD455E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.99

#8E1A2D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.34

#8E1A2D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E1A2D

8.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E1A2D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E1A2D	1.00	8.99	2.34	8.99
#FFFFFF	8.99	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.99	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3D3A2D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A522A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C0022

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e1a2d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 26, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.5% 0.150 18.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b66365',
    500: '#8e1a2d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e1a2d;
$custom-light: #b66365;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e1a2d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 350.172,
    "s": 69.048,
    "l": 32.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42451,
    "c": 0.14984,
    "h": 18.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.06679
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E1A2D

secondary

#45BEAB

accent

#ECCF3C

background

#FCF6F6

surface

#F8EBEB

border

#D1C6C6

text

#130605

muted

#827A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E1A2D

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

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