#8E1D1E#8E1D1E

#8E1D1E is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.067; OKLCH L 42.5% C 0.149 H 25.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E1D1E
RGB	rgb(142, 29, 30)
HSL	hsl(359, 66%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(359, 80%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 79.6%, 78.9%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.17, 46.32, 29.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.17, 54.87, 32.43°)
OKLab	oklab(42.46% 0.1336 0.0649)
OKLCH	oklch(42.46% 0.149 25.9)
XYZ	xyz(11.8305, 6.7251, 1.9032)
Luminance	0.0672 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E1D1E #1D8E8D

analogous

#8E1D56 #8E1D1E #8E541D

triadic

#8E1D1E #1E8E1D #1D1E8E

tetradic

#8E1D1E #568E1D #1D8E8D #541D8E

square

#8E1D1E #568E1D #1D8E8D #541D8E

split-complementary

#8E1D1E #1D8E54 #1D568E

monochromatic

#280809 #5B1313 #8E1D1E #C12729 #DA4B4C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.96

#8E1D1E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.34

#8E1D1E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E1D1E

8.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E1D1E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E1D1E	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)

#403A1D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C5219

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D001F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e1d1e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 29, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.5% 0.149 25.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7645a',
    500: '#8e1d1e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e1d1e;
$custom-light: #b7645a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e1d1e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 29,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.469,
    "s": 66.082,
    "l": 33.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42456,
    "c": 0.14857,
    "h": 25.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.06723
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E1D1E

secondary

#4ABDBC

accent

#E9E83F

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130604

muted

#827A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E1D1E

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

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