#8E1B36#8E1B36

#8E1B36 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 42.7% C 0.149 H 13.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E1B36
RGB	rgb(142, 27, 54)
HSL	hsl(346, 68%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(346, 81%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 81%, 62%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.35, 48.21, 14.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.35, 50.28, 16.51°)
OKLab	oklab(42.72% 0.1451 0.0351)
OKLCH	oklch(42.72% 0.149 13.6)
XYZ	xyz(12.2144, 6.8028, 4.1592)
Luminance	0.0680 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E1B36 #1B8E73

analogous

#8E1B6F #8E1B36 #8E391B

triadic

#8E1B36 #368E1B #1B368E

tetradic

#8E1B36 #6F8E1B #1B8E73 #391B8E

square

#8E1B36 #6F8E1B #1B8E73 #391B8E

split-complementary

#8E1B36 #1B8E39 #1B6F8E

monochromatic

#27070F #5B1122 #8E1B36 #C1254A #DC476A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.90

#8E1B36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.36

#8E1B36 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E1B36

8.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E1B36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E1B36	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)

#3C3B36

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#595233

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C0027

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e1b36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 27, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.7% 0.149 13.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b6646c',
    500: '#8e1b36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e1b36;
$custom-light: #b6646c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e1b36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 345.913,
    "s": 68.047,
    "l": 33.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4272,
    "c": 0.14924,
    "h": 13.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.06801
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E1B36

secondary

#47BEA2

accent

#EBC23D

background

#FCF6F6

surface

#F8EBEB

border

#D1C6C6

text

#120607

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E1B36

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

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