#8E1B23#8E1B23

#8E1B23 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.067; OKLCH L 42.4% C 0.150 H 23.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E1B23
RGB	rgb(142, 27, 35)
HSL	hsl(356, 68%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(356, 81%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 81%, 75.4%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.02, 47.15, 26.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.02, 53.92, 29.03°)
OKLab	oklab(42.36% 0.1374 0.0592)
OKLCH	oklch(42.36% 0.15 23.3)
XYZ	xyz(11.8520, 6.6579, 2.2508)
Luminance	0.0666 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E1B23 #1B8E86

analogous

#8E1B5C #8E1B23 #8E4C1B

triadic

#8E1B23 #238E1B #1B238E

tetradic

#8E1B23 #5C8E1B #1B8E86 #4C1B8E

square

#8E1B23 #5C8E1B #1B8E86 #4C1B8E

split-complementary

#8E1B23 #1B8E4C #1B5C8E

monochromatic

#27070A #5B1116 #8E1B23 #C12530 #DC4752

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.01

#8E1B23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.33

#8E1B23 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E1B23

9.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E1B23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E1B23	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)

#3F3922

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B521F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D001F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e1b23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 27, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.4% 0.150 23.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7635e',
    500: '#8e1b23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e1b23;
$custom-light: #b7635e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e1b23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.826,
    "s": 68.047,
    "l": 33.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4236,
    "c": 0.14961,
    "h": 23.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.06656
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E1B23

secondary

#47BEB5

accent

#EBDF3D

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130604

muted

#827A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E1B23

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

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