#8E1C22#8E1C22

#8E1C22 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.067; OKLCH L 42.4% C 0.149 H 24.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E1C22
RGB	rgb(142, 28, 34)
HSL	hsl(357, 67%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(357, 80%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 80.3%, 76.1%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.11, 46.79, 26.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.11, 53.98, 29.90°)
OKLab	oklab(42.43% 0.1361 0.0605)
OKLCH	oklch(42.43% 0.149 24)
XYZ	xyz(11.8607, 6.6987, 2.1815)
Luminance	0.0670 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E1C22 #1C8E88

analogous

#8E1C5B #8E1C22 #8E4F1C

triadic

#8E1C22 #228E1C #1C228E

tetradic

#8E1C22 #5B8E1C #1C8E88 #4F1C8E

square

#8E1C22 #5B8E1C #1C8E88 #4F1C8E

split-complementary

#8E1C22 #1C8E4F #1C5B8E

monochromatic

#28080A #5B1216 #8E1C22 #C1262E #DB4951

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.98

#8E1C22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.34

#8E1C22 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E1C22

8.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E1C22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E1C22	1.00	8.98	2.34	8.98
#FFFFFF	8.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3F3A21

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B521E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D0020

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e1c22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 28, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.4% 0.149 24.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7645d',
    500: '#8e1c22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e1c22;
$custom-light: #b7645d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e1c22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.842,
    "s": 67.059,
    "l": 33.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42427,
    "c": 0.14892,
    "h": 24
  },
  "luminance": 0.06697
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E1C22

secondary

#49BDB7

accent

#EAE13E

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130604

muted

#827A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E1C22

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