#8E1B1B#8E1B1B

#8E1B1B is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.066; OKLCH L 42.3% C 0.150 H 26.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E1B1B
RGB	rgb(142, 27, 27)
HSL	hsl(0, 68%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(0, 81%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 81%, 81%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.92, 46.83, 30.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.92, 56.13, 33.46°)
OKLab	oklab(42.25% 0.1346 0.0673)
OKLCH	oklch(42.25% 0.15 26.6)
XYZ	xyz(11.7465, 6.6157, 1.6952)
Luminance	0.0661 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E1B1B #1B8E8E

analogous

#8E1B54 #8E1B1B #8E541B

triadic

#8E1B1B #1B8E1B #1B1B8E

tetradic

#8E1B1B #548E1B #1B8E8E #541B8E

square

#8E1B1B #548E1B #1B8E8E #541B8E

split-complementary

#8E1B1B #1B8E54 #1B548E

monochromatic

#270707 #5B1111 #8E1B1B #C12525 #DC4747

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.04

#8E1B1B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.32

#8E1B1B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E1B1B

9.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E1B1B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E1B1B	1.00	9.04	2.32	9.04
#FFFFFF	9.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.32	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3F3919

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C5216

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D001D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e1b1b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 27, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.3% 0.150 26.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b86358',
    500: '#8e1b1b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e1b1b;
$custom-light: #b86358;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e1b1b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 68.047,
    "l": 33.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42254,
    "c": 0.15049,
    "h": 26.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.06614
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E1B1B

secondary

#47BEBE

accent

#EBEB3D

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130603

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E1B1B

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

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