#8E1D23#8E1D23

#8E1D23 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 42.5% C 0.148 H 23.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E1D23
RGB	rgb(142, 29, 35)
HSL	hsl(357, 66%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(357, 80%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 79.6%, 75.4%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.24, 46.52, 26.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.24, 53.50, 29.60°)
OKLab	oklab(42.53% 0.1354 0.0597)
OKLCH	oklch(42.53% 0.148 23.8)
XYZ	xyz(11.8995, 6.7527, 2.2666)
Luminance	0.0675 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E1D23 #1D8E88

analogous

#8E1D5B #8E1D23 #8E4F1D

triadic

#8E1D23 #238E1D #1D238E

tetradic

#8E1D23 #5B8E1D #1D8E88 #4F1D8E

square

#8E1D23 #5B8E1D #1D8E88 #4F1D8E

split-complementary

#8E1D23 #1D8E4F #1D5B8E

monochromatic

#28080A #5B1316 #8E1D23 #C12730 #DA4B53

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.94

#8E1D23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.35

#8E1D23 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E1D23

8.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E1D23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E1D23	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)

#403A22

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C521F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D0021

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e1d23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 29, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.5% 0.148 23.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7645e',
    500: '#8e1d23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e1d23;
$custom-light: #b7645e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e1d23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 29,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.814,
    "s": 66.082,
    "l": 33.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42525,
    "c": 0.14801,
    "h": 23.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.06751
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E1D23

secondary

#4ABDB7

accent

#E9E03F

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130604

muted

#827A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E1D23

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

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