#8E1B24#8E1B24

#8E1B24 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.067; OKLCH L 42.4% C 0.150 H 22.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E1B24
RGB	rgb(142, 27, 36)
HSL	hsl(355, 68%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(355, 81%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 81%, 74.6%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.03, 47.19, 25.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.03, 53.67, 28.44°)
OKLab	oklab(42.38% 0.1378 0.058)
OKLCH	oklch(42.38% 0.15 22.8)
XYZ	xyz(11.8671, 6.6639, 2.3301)
Luminance	0.0666 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E1B24 #1B8E85

analogous

#8E1B5D #8E1B24 #8E4B1B

triadic

#8E1B24 #248E1B #1B248E

tetradic

#8E1B24 #5D8E1B #1B8E85 #4B1B8E

square

#8E1B24 #5D8E1B #1B8E85 #4B1B8E

split-complementary

#8E1B24 #1B8E4B #1B5D8E

monochromatic

#27070A #5B1117 #8E1B24 #C12531 #DC4753

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.00

#8E1B24 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.33

#8E1B24 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E1B24

9.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E1B24	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E1B24	1.00	9.00	2.33	9.00
#FFFFFF	9.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3F3923

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B5220

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D0020

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e1b24;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 27, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.4% 0.150 22.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7635e',
    500: '#8e1b24',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e1b24;
$custom-light: #b7635e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e1b24",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.304,
    "s": 68.047,
    "l": 33.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42375,
    "c": 0.14952,
    "h": 22.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.06662
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E1B24

secondary

#47BEB4

accent

#EBDD3D

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130604

muted

#827A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E1B24

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

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