#8E1A2E#8E1A2E

#8E1A2E is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.067; OKLCH L 42.5% C 0.150 H 17.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E1A2E
RGB	rgb(142, 26, 46)
HSL	hsl(350, 69%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(350, 82%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 81.7%, 67.6%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.09, 48.00, 19.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.09, 51.70, 21.79°)
OKLab	oklab(42.47% 0.1427 0.0456)
OKLCH	oklch(42.47% 0.15 17.7)
XYZ	xyz(12.0192, 6.6887, 3.2424)
Luminance	0.0669 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E1A2E #1A8E7A

analogous

#8E1A68 #8E1A2E #8E401A

triadic

#8E1A2E #2E8E1A #1A2E8E

tetradic

#8E1A2E #688E1A #1A8E7A #401A8E

square

#8E1A2E #688E1A #1A8E7A #401A8E

split-complementary

#8E1A2E #1A8E40 #1A688E

monochromatic

#27070C #5A111D #8E1A2E #C2233F #DD4560

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.98

#8E1A2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.34

#8E1A2E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E1A2E

8.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E1A2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E1A2E	1.00	8.98	2.34	8.98
#FFFFFF	8.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3D3A2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A522B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C0023

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e1a2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 26, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.5% 0.150 17.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b66366',
    500: '#8e1a2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e1a2e;
$custom-light: #b66366;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e1a2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 349.655,
    "s": 69.048,
    "l": 32.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42471,
    "c": 0.14982,
    "h": 17.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.06687
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E1A2E

secondary

#45BEAA

accent

#ECCE3C

background

#FCF6F6

surface

#F8EBEB

border

#D1C6C6

text

#130606

muted

#827A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E1A2E

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

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