#8E1B33#8E1B33

#8E1B33 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 42.7% C 0.149 H 15.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E1B33
RGB	rgb(142, 27, 51)
HSL	hsl(347, 68%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(347, 81%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 81%, 64.1%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.29, 48.01, 16.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.29, 50.66, 18.62°)
OKLab	oklab(42.65% 0.1438 0.0392)
OKLCH	oklch(42.65% 0.149 15.3)
XYZ	xyz(12.1461, 6.7755, 3.7996)
Luminance	0.0677 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E1B33 #1B8E76

analogous

#8E1B6C #8E1B33 #8E3C1B

triadic

#8E1B33 #338E1B #1B338E

tetradic

#8E1B33 #6C8E1B #1B8E76 #3C1B8E

square

#8E1B33 #6C8E1B #1B8E76 #3C1B8E

split-complementary

#8E1B33 #1B8E3C #1B6C8E

monochromatic

#27070E #5B1121 #8E1B33 #C12545 #DC4766

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.92

#8E1B33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.35

#8E1B33 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E1B33

8.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E1B33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E1B33	1.00	8.92	2.35	8.92
#FFFFFF	8.92	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.92	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3D3A33

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A5230

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C0025

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e1b33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 27, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.7% 0.149 15.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b6646a',
    500: '#8e1b33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e1b33;
$custom-light: #b6646a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e1b33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 347.478,
    "s": 68.047,
    "l": 33.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42652,
    "c": 0.14907,
    "h": 15.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.06774
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E1B33

secondary

#47BEA5

accent

#EBC73D

background

#FCF6F6

surface

#F8EBEB

border

#D1C6C6

text

#120606

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E1B33

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

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