#8E1B37#8E1B37

#8E1B37 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 42.7% C 0.149 H 13.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E1B37
RGB	rgb(142, 27, 55)
HSL	hsl(345, 68%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(345, 81%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 81%, 61.3%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.38, 48.28, 13.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.38, 50.17, 15.80°)
OKLab	oklab(42.74% 0.1455 0.0337)
OKLCH	oklch(42.74% 0.149 13)
XYZ	xyz(12.2381, 6.8123, 4.2842)
Luminance	0.0681 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E1B37 #1B8E72

analogous

#8E1B70 #8E1B37 #8E381B

triadic

#8E1B37 #378E1B #1B378E

tetradic

#8E1B37 #708E1B #1B8E72 #381B8E

square

#8E1B37 #708E1B #1B8E72 #381B8E

split-complementary

#8E1B37 #1B8E38 #1B708E

monochromatic

#27070F #5B1123 #8E1B37 #C1254B #DC476C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.89

#8E1B37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.36

#8E1B37 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E1B37

8.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E1B37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E1B37	1.00	8.89	2.36	8.89
#FFFFFF	8.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3C3B37

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#595234

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C0027

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e1b37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 27, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.7% 0.149 13.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b6646d',
    500: '#8e1b37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e1b37;
$custom-light: #b6646d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e1b37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 345.391,
    "s": 68.047,
    "l": 33.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42743,
    "c": 0.14931,
    "h": 13
  },
  "luminance": 0.0681
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E1B37

secondary

#47BEA1

accent

#EBC13D

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F7EBEB

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120607

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E1B37

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