#8E1B31#8E1B31

#8E1B31 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 42.6% C 0.149 H 16.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E1B31
RGB	rgb(142, 27, 49)
HSL	hsl(349, 68%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(349, 81%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 81%, 65.5%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.25, 47.88, 17.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.25, 50.96, 20.01°)
OKLab	oklab(42.61% 0.143 0.0419)
OKLCH	oklch(42.61% 0.149 16.3)
XYZ	xyz(12.1029, 6.7582, 3.5723)
Luminance	0.0676 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E1B31 #1B8E78

analogous

#8E1B6A #8E1B31 #8E3F1B

triadic

#8E1B31 #318E1B #1B318E

tetradic

#8E1B31 #6A8E1B #1B8E78 #3F1B8E

square

#8E1B31 #6A8E1B #1B8E78 #3F1B8E

split-complementary

#8E1B31 #1B8E3F #1B6A8E

monochromatic

#27070E #5B111F #8E1B31 #C12543 #DC4764

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.93

#8E1B31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.35

#8E1B31 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E1B31

8.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E1B31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E1B31	1.00	8.93	2.35	8.93
#FFFFFF	8.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3D3A31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A522E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C0025

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e1b31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 27, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.6% 0.149 16.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b66468',
    500: '#8e1b31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e1b31;
$custom-light: #b66468;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e1b31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 348.522,
    "s": 68.047,
    "l": 33.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42609,
    "c": 0.14901,
    "h": 16.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.06756
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E1B31

secondary

#47BEA7

accent

#EBCA3D

background

#FCF6F6

surface

#F8EBEB

border

#D1C6C6

text

#130606

muted

#827A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E1B31

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

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