#8E1D22#8E1D22

#8E1D22 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.067; OKLCH L 42.5% C 0.148 H 24.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E1D22
RGB	rgb(142, 29, 34)
HSL	hsl(357, 66%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(357, 80%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 79.6%, 76.1%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.22, 46.48, 27.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.22, 53.77, 30.18°)
OKLab	oklab(42.51% 0.1351 0.0608)
OKLCH	oklch(42.51% 0.148 24.2)
XYZ	xyz(11.8848, 6.7469, 2.1896)
Luminance	0.0674 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E1D22 #1D8E89

analogous

#8E1D5A #8E1D22 #8E501D

triadic

#8E1D22 #228E1D #1D228E

tetradic

#8E1D22 #5A8E1D #1D8E89 #501D8E

square

#8E1D22 #5A8E1D #1D8E89 #501D8E

split-complementary

#8E1D22 #1D8E50 #1D5A8E

monochromatic

#28080A #5B1316 #8E1D22 #C1272E #DA4B51

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.94

#8E1D22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.35

#8E1D22 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E1D22

8.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E1D22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E1D22	1.00	8.94	2.35	8.94
#FFFFFF	8.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#403A21

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C521E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D0020

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e1d22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 29, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.5% 0.148 24.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7645d',
    500: '#8e1d22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e1d22;
$custom-light: #b7645d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e1d22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 29,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.345,
    "s": 66.082,
    "l": 33.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4251,
    "c": 0.14811,
    "h": 24.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.06745
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E1D22

secondary

#4ABDB8

accent

#E9E13F

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130604

muted

#827A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E1D22

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

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