#8E1B22#8E1B22

#8E1B22 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.067; OKLCH L 42.3% C 0.150 H 23.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E1B22
RGB	rgb(142, 27, 34)
HSL	hsl(356, 68%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(356, 81%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 81%, 76.1%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.00, 47.10, 26.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.00, 54.18, 29.62°)
OKLab	oklab(42.35% 0.1371 0.0603)
OKLCH	oklch(42.35% 0.15 23.7)
XYZ	xyz(11.8374, 6.6520, 2.1737)
Luminance	0.0665 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E1B22 #1B8E87

analogous

#8E1B5B #8E1B22 #8E4D1B

triadic

#8E1B22 #228E1B #1B228E

tetradic

#8E1B22 #5B8E1B #1B8E87 #4D1B8E

square

#8E1B22 #5B8E1B #1B8E87 #4D1B8E

split-complementary

#8E1B22 #1B8E4D #1B5B8E

monochromatic

#270709 #5B1116 #8E1B22 #C1252E #DC4750

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.01

#8E1B22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.33

#8E1B22 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E1B22

9.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E1B22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E1B22	1.00	9.01	2.33	9.01
#FFFFFF	9.01	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.01	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3F3921

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B521E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D001F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e1b22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 27, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.3% 0.150 23.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7635d',
    500: '#8e1b22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e1b22;
$custom-light: #b7635d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e1b22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.348,
    "s": 68.047,
    "l": 33.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42345,
    "c": 0.14971,
    "h": 23.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.0665
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E1B22

secondary

#47BEB7

accent

#EBE03D

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130604

muted

#827A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E1B22

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