#8E1A35#8E1A35

#8E1A35 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.067; OKLCH L 42.6% C 0.150 H 13.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E1A35
RGB	rgb(142, 26, 53)
HSL	hsl(346, 69%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(346, 82%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 81.7%, 62.7%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.23, 48.44, 14.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.23, 50.64, 16.97°)
OKLab	oklab(42.62% 0.1456 0.0361)
OKLCH	oklch(42.62% 0.15 13.9)
XYZ	xyz(12.1686, 6.7484, 4.0293)
Luminance	0.0675 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8E1A35 #1A8E73

analogous

#8E1A6F #8E1A35 #8E391A

triadic

#8E1A35 #358E1A #1A358E

tetradic

#8E1A35 #6F8E1A #1A8E73 #391A8E

square

#8E1A35 #6F8E1A #1A8E73 #391A8E

split-complementary

#8E1A35 #1A8E39 #1A6F8E

monochromatic

#27070E #5A1122 #8E1A35 #C22348 #DD4569

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.94

#8E1A35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.35

#8E1A35 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E1A35

8.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E1A35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E1A35	1.00	8.94	2.35	8.94
#FFFFFF	8.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3C3A35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#595232

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C0026

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e1a35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 26, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.6% 0.150 13.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b6646b',
    500: '#8e1a35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e1a35;
$custom-light: #b6646b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e1a35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 346.034,
    "s": 69.048,
    "l": 32.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42619,
    "c": 0.15002,
    "h": 13.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.06747
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E1A35

secondary

#45BEA2

accent

#ECC33C

background

#FCF6F6

surface

#F8EBEB

border

#D1C6C6

text

#120606

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E1A35

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

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