#8E1B1D#8E1B1D

#8E1B1D is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.066; OKLCH L 42.3% C 0.150 H 25.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E1B1D
RGB	rgb(142, 27, 29)
HSL	hsl(359, 68%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(359, 81%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 81%, 79.6%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.94, 46.90, 29.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.94, 55.56, 32.41°)
OKLab	oklab(42.28% 0.1353 0.0654)
OKLCH	oklch(42.28% 0.15 25.8)
XYZ	xyz(11.7705, 6.6252, 1.8212)
Luminance	0.0662 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E1B1D #1B8E8C

analogous

#8E1B56 #8E1B1D #8E531B

triadic

#8E1B1D #1D8E1B #1B1D8E

tetradic

#8E1B1D #568E1B #1B8E8C #531B8E

square

#8E1B1D #568E1B #1B8E8C #531B8E

split-complementary

#8E1B1D #1B8E53 #1B568E

monochromatic

#270708 #5B1112 #8E1B1D #C12528 #DC474A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.03

#8E1B1D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.32

#8E1B1D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E1B1D

9.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E1B1D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E1B1D	1.00	9.03	2.32	9.03
#FFFFFF	9.03	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.32	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.03	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3F391C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C5218

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D001D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e1b1d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 27, 29);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.3% 0.150 25.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b86359',
    500: '#8e1b1d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e1b1d;
$custom-light: #b86359;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e1b1d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 29
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.957,
    "s": 68.047,
    "l": 33.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42278,
    "c": 0.15025,
    "h": 25.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.06623
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E1B1D

secondary

#47BEBC

accent

#EBE83D

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130603

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E1B1D

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

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