#8E1D24#8E1D24

#8E1D24 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 42.5% C 0.148 H 23.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E1D24
RGB	rgb(142, 29, 36)
HSL	hsl(356, 66%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(356, 80%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 79.6%, 74.6%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.25, 46.57, 25.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.25, 53.24, 29.00°)
OKLab	oklab(42.54% 0.1358 0.0586)
OKLCH	oklch(42.54% 0.148 23.3)
XYZ	xyz(11.9145, 6.7588, 2.3459)
Luminance	0.0676 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E1D24 #1D8E87

analogous

#8E1D5C #8E1D24 #8E4E1D

triadic

#8E1D24 #248E1D #1D248E

tetradic

#8E1D24 #5C8E1D #1D8E87 #4E1D8E

square

#8E1D24 #5C8E1D #1D8E87 #4E1D8E

split-complementary

#8E1D24 #1D8E4E #1D5C8E

monochromatic

#28080A #5B1317 #8E1D24 #C12731 #DA4B54

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.93

#8E1D24 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.35

#8E1D24 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E1D24

8.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E1D24	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E1D24	1.00	8.93	2.35	8.93
#FFFFFF	8.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#403A23

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C5220

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D0021

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e1d24;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 29, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.5% 0.148 23.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7645e',
    500: '#8e1d24',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e1d24;
$custom-light: #b7645e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e1d24",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 29,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.283,
    "s": 66.082,
    "l": 33.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4254,
    "c": 0.14792,
    "h": 23.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.06757
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E1D24

secondary

#4ABDB5

accent

#E9DE3F

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130604

muted

#827A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E1D24

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

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