#8E1B26#8E1B26

#8E1B26 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.067; OKLCH L 42.4% C 0.149 H 21.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E1B26
RGB	rgb(142, 27, 38)
HSL	hsl(354, 68%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(354, 81%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 81%, 73.2%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.06, 47.28, 24.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.06, 53.17, 27.22°)
OKLab	oklab(42.41% 0.1386 0.0558)
OKLCH	oklch(42.41% 0.149 21.9)
XYZ	xyz(11.8985, 6.6765, 2.4955)
Luminance	0.0668 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E1B26 #1B8E83

analogous

#8E1B5F #8E1B26 #8E491B

triadic

#8E1B26 #268E1B #1B268E

tetradic

#8E1B26 #5F8E1B #1B8E83 #491B8E

square

#8E1B26 #5F8E1B #1B8E83 #491B8E

split-complementary

#8E1B26 #1B8E49 #1B5F8E

monochromatic

#27070A #5B1118 #8E1B26 #C12534 #DC4756

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.99

#8E1B26 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.34

#8E1B26 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E1B26

8.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E1B26	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E1B26	1.00	8.99	2.34	8.99
#FFFFFF	8.99	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.99	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3E3925

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B5222

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D0020

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e1b26;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 27, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.4% 0.149 21.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b76360',
    500: '#8e1b26',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e1b26;
$custom-light: #b76360;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e1b26",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.261,
    "s": 68.047,
    "l": 33.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42406,
    "c": 0.14936,
    "h": 21.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.06675
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E1B26

secondary

#47BEB2

accent

#EBDA3D

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130604

muted

#827A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E1B26

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

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