#8E1C25#8E1C25

#8E1C25 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.067; OKLCH L 42.5% C 0.149 H 22.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E1C25
RGB	rgb(142, 28, 37)
HSL	hsl(355, 67%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(355, 80%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 80.3%, 73.9%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.15, 46.93, 25.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.15, 53.21, 28.11°)
OKLab	oklab(42.47% 0.1372 0.0572)
OKLCH	oklch(42.47% 0.149 22.6)
XYZ	xyz(11.9059, 6.7167, 2.4195)
Luminance	0.0672 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8E1C25 #1C8E85

analogous

#8E1C5E #8E1C25 #8E4C1C

triadic

#8E1C25 #258E1C #1C258E

tetradic

#8E1C25 #5E8E1C #1C8E85 #4C1C8E

square

#8E1C25 #5E8E1C #1C8E85 #4C1C8E

split-complementary

#8E1C25 #1C8E4C #1C5E8E

monochromatic

#28080A #5B1218 #8E1C25 #C12632 #DB4955

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.96

#8E1C25 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.34

#8E1C25 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E1C25

8.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E1C25	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E1C25	1.00	8.96	2.34	8.96
#FFFFFF	8.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3F3A24

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B5221

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D0021

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e1c25;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 28, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.5% 0.149 22.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7645f',
    500: '#8e1c25',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e1c25;
$custom-light: #b7645f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e1c25",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.263,
    "s": 67.059,
    "l": 33.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42471,
    "c": 0.14864,
    "h": 22.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.06715
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E1C25

secondary

#49BDB4

accent

#EADC3E

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130604

muted

#827A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E1C25

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