#8E1B35#8E1B35

#8E1B35 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 42.7% C 0.149 H 14.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E1B35
RGB	rgb(142, 27, 53)
HSL	hsl(346, 68%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(346, 81%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 81%, 62.7%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.33, 48.14, 14.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.33, 50.40, 17.22°)
OKLab	oklab(42.7% 0.1446 0.0365)
OKLCH	oklch(42.7% 0.149 14.2)
XYZ	xyz(12.1911, 6.7935, 4.0368)
Luminance	0.0679 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E1B35 #1B8E74

analogous

#8E1B6E #8E1B35 #8E3B1B

triadic

#8E1B35 #358E1B #1B358E

tetradic

#8E1B35 #6E8E1B #1B8E74 #3B1B8E

square

#8E1B35 #6E8E1B #1B8E74 #3B1B8E

split-complementary

#8E1B35 #1B8E3B #1B6E8E

monochromatic

#27070F #5B1122 #8E1B35 #C12548 #DC4769

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.90

#8E1B35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.36

#8E1B35 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E1B35

8.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E1B35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E1B35	1.00	8.90	2.36	8.90
#FFFFFF	8.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3C3B35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#595232

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C0026

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e1b35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 27, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.7% 0.149 14.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b6646b',
    500: '#8e1b35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e1b35;
$custom-light: #b6646b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e1b35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 346.435,
    "s": 68.047,
    "l": 33.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42697,
    "c": 0.14917,
    "h": 14.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.06792
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E1B35

secondary

#47BEA3

accent

#EBC43D

background

#FCF6F6

surface

#F8EBEB

border

#D1C6C6

text

#120606

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E1B35

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