#8E1C24#8E1C24

#8E1C24 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.067; OKLCH L 42.5% C 0.149 H 23.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E1C24
RGB	rgb(142, 28, 36)
HSL	hsl(356, 67%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(356, 80%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 80.3%, 74.6%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.14, 46.88, 25.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.14, 53.46, 28.72°)
OKLab	oklab(42.46% 0.1368 0.0583)
OKLCH	oklch(42.46% 0.149 23.1)
XYZ	xyz(11.8904, 6.7105, 2.3379)
Luminance	0.0671 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E1C24 #1C8E86

analogous

#8E1C5D #8E1C24 #8E4D1C

triadic

#8E1C24 #248E1C #1C248E

tetradic

#8E1C24 #5D8E1C #1C8E86 #4D1C8E

square

#8E1C24 #5D8E1C #1C8E86 #4D1C8E

split-complementary

#8E1C24 #1C8E4D #1C5D8E

monochromatic

#28080A #5B1217 #8E1C24 #C12631 #DB4953

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.97

#8E1C24 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.34

#8E1C24 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E1C24

8.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E1C24	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E1C24	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)

#3F3A23

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B5220

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D0020

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e1c24;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 28, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.5% 0.149 23.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7645e',
    500: '#8e1c24',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e1c24;
$custom-light: #b7645e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e1c24",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.789,
    "s": 67.059,
    "l": 33.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42456,
    "c": 0.14873,
    "h": 23.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.06709
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E1C24

secondary

#49BDB5

accent

#EADE3E

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130604

muted

#827A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E1C24

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

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