#8E1C23#8E1C23

#8E1C23 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.067; OKLCH L 42.4% C 0.149 H 23.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E1C23
RGB	rgb(142, 28, 35)
HSL	hsl(356, 67%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(356, 80%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 80.3%, 75.4%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.12, 46.84, 26.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.12, 53.72, 29.31°)
OKLab	oklab(42.44% 0.1364 0.0594)
OKLCH	oklch(42.44% 0.149 23.5)
XYZ	xyz(11.8753, 6.7045, 2.2586)
Luminance	0.0670 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E1C23 #1C8E87

analogous

#8E1C5C #8E1C23 #8E4E1C

triadic

#8E1C23 #238E1C #1C238E

tetradic

#8E1C23 #5C8E1C #1C8E87 #4E1C8E

square

#8E1C23 #5C8E1C #1C8E87 #4E1C8E

split-complementary

#8E1C23 #1C8E4E #1C5C8E

monochromatic

#28080A #5B1216 #8E1C23 #C12630 #DB4952

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.97

#8E1C23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.34

#8E1C23 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E1C23

8.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E1C23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E1C23	1.00	8.97	2.34	8.97
#FFFFFF	8.97	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.97	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3F3A22

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B521F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D0020

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e1c23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 28, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.4% 0.149 23.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7645e',
    500: '#8e1c23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e1c23;
$custom-light: #b7645e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e1c23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.316,
    "s": 67.059,
    "l": 33.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42441,
    "c": 0.14882,
    "h": 23.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.06703
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E1C23

secondary

#49BDB6

accent

#EADF3E

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130604

muted

#827A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E1C23

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

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