#8E1C1F#8E1C1F

#8E1C1F is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.067; OKLCH L 42.4% C 0.149 H 25.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E1C1F
RGB	rgb(142, 28, 31)
HSL	hsl(358, 67%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(358, 80%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 80.3%, 78.2%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.07, 46.67, 28.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.07, 54.80, 31.60°)
OKLab	oklab(42.39% 0.135 0.0637)
OKLCH	oklch(42.39% 0.149 25.3)
XYZ	xyz(11.8193, 6.6821, 1.9635)
Luminance	0.0668 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E1C1F #1C8E8B

analogous

#8E1C58 #8E1C1F #8E521C

triadic

#8E1C1F #1F8E1C #1C1F8E

tetradic

#8E1C1F #588E1C #1C8E8B #521C8E

square

#8E1C1F #588E1C #1C8E8B #521C8E

split-complementary

#8E1C1F #1C8E52 #1C588E

monochromatic

#280809 #5B1214 #8E1C1F #C1262A #DB494D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.99

#8E1C1F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.34

#8E1C1F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E1C1F

8.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E1C1F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E1C1F	1.00	8.99	2.34	8.99
#FFFFFF	8.99	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.99	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#40391E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C521A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D001F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e1c1f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 28, 31);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.4% 0.149 25.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7645b',
    500: '#8e1c1f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e1c1f;
$custom-light: #b7645b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e1c1f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 31
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.421,
    "s": 67.059,
    "l": 33.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42385,
    "c": 0.14924,
    "h": 25.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.0668
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E1C1F

secondary

#49BDBA

accent

#EAE53E

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130604

muted

#827A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E1C1F

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

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