#8E1C30#8E1C30

#8E1C30 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 42.7% C 0.148 H 17.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E1C30
RGB	rgb(142, 28, 48)
HSL	hsl(349, 67%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(349, 80%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 80.3%, 66.2%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.34, 47.52, 18.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.34, 50.89, 20.97°)
OKLab	oklab(42.67% 0.1416 0.0436)
OKLCH	oklch(42.67% 0.148 17.1)
XYZ	xyz(12.1054, 6.7965, 3.4702)
Luminance	0.0679 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E1C30 #1C8E7A

analogous

#8E1C69 #8E1C30 #8E411C

triadic

#8E1C30 #308E1C #1C308E

tetradic

#8E1C30 #698E1C #1C8E7A #411C8E

square

#8E1C30 #698E1C #1C8E7A #411C8E

split-complementary

#8E1C30 #1C8E41 #1C698E

monochromatic

#28080D #5B121F #8E1C30 #C12641 #DB4963

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.90

#8E1C30 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.36

#8E1C30 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E1C30

8.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E1C30	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E1C30	1.00	8.90	2.36	8.90
#FFFFFF	8.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3D3B30

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A522D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C0025

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e1c30;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 28, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.7% 0.148 17.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b66468',
    500: '#8e1c30',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e1c30;
$custom-light: #b66468;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e1c30",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 349.474,
    "s": 67.059,
    "l": 33.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42669,
    "c": 0.14816,
    "h": 17.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.06795
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E1C30

secondary

#49BDA9

accent

#EACC3E

background

#FCF6F6

surface

#F8EBEB

border

#D1C6C6

text

#130606

muted

#827A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E1C30

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

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