#8E1A37#8E1A37

#8E1A37 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 42.7% C 0.150 H 12.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E1A37
RGB	rgb(142, 26, 55)
HSL	hsl(345, 69%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(345, 82%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 81.7%, 61.3%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.27, 48.57, 13.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.27, 50.42, 15.55°)
OKLab	oklab(42.67% 0.1464 0.0333)
OKLCH	oklch(42.67% 0.15 12.8)
XYZ	xyz(12.2156, 6.7672, 4.2767)
Luminance	0.0677 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E1A37 #1A8E71

analogous

#8E1A71 #8E1A37 #8E371A

triadic

#8E1A37 #378E1A #1A378E

tetradic

#8E1A37 #718E1A #1A8E71 #371A8E

square

#8E1A37 #718E1A #1A8E71 #371A8E

split-complementary

#8E1A37 #1A8E37 #1A718E

monochromatic

#27070F #5A1123 #8E1A37 #C2234B #DD456B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.92

#8E1A37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.35

#8E1A37 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E1A37

8.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E1A37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E1A37	1.00	8.92	2.35	8.92
#FFFFFF	8.92	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.92	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3B3A37

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#595234

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C0027

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e1a37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 26, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.7% 0.150 12.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b6646d',
    500: '#8e1a37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e1a37;
$custom-light: #b6646d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e1a37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 345,
    "s": 69.048,
    "l": 32.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42666,
    "c": 0.15018,
    "h": 12.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.06765
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E1A37

secondary

#45BEA0

accent

#ECC03C

background

#FCF6F6

surface

#F8EBEB

border

#D1C6C6

text

#120607

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E1A37

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