#8E1A34#8E1A34

#8E1A34 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.067; OKLCH L 42.6% C 0.150 H 14.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E1A34
RGB	rgb(142, 26, 52)
HSL	hsl(347, 69%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(347, 82%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 81.7%, 63.4%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.21, 48.37, 15.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.21, 50.77, 17.67°)
OKLab	oklab(42.6% 0.1452 0.0375)
OKLCH	oklch(42.6% 0.15 14.5)
XYZ	xyz(12.1458, 6.7393, 3.9094)
Luminance	0.0674 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8E1A34 #1A8E74

analogous

#8E1A6E #8E1A34 #8E3A1A

triadic

#8E1A34 #348E1A #1A348E

tetradic

#8E1A34 #6E8E1A #1A8E74 #3A1A8E

square

#8E1A34 #6E8E1A #1A8E74 #3A1A8E

split-complementary

#8E1A34 #1A8E3A #1A6E8E

monochromatic

#27070E #5A1121 #8E1A34 #C22347 #DD4567

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.95

#8E1A34 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.35

#8E1A34 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E1A34

8.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E1A34	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E1A34	1.00	8.95	2.35	8.95
#FFFFFF	8.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3C3A34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#595231

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C0025

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e1a34;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 26, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.6% 0.150 14.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b6636b',
    500: '#8e1a34',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e1a34;
$custom-light: #b6636b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e1a34",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 346.552,
    "s": 69.048,
    "l": 32.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42597,
    "c": 0.14996,
    "h": 14.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.06738
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E1A34

secondary

#45BEA3

accent

#ECC43C

background

#FCF6F6

surface

#F8EBEB

border

#D1C6C6

text

#120606

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E1A34

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