#8E1D26#8E1D26

#8E1D26 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 42.6% C 0.148 H 22.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E1D26
RGB	rgb(142, 29, 38)
HSL	hsl(355, 66%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(355, 80%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 79.6%, 73.2%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.28, 46.66, 24.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.28, 52.74, 27.79°)
OKLab	oklab(42.57% 0.1366 0.0563)
OKLCH	oklch(42.57% 0.148 22.4)
XYZ	xyz(11.9459, 6.7713, 2.5113)
Luminance	0.0677 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E1D26 #1D8E85

analogous

#8E1D5E #8E1D26 #8E4C1D

triadic

#8E1D26 #268E1D #1D268E

tetradic

#8E1D26 #5E8E1D #1D8E85 #4C1D8E

square

#8E1D26 #5E8E1D #1D8E85 #4C1D8E

split-complementary

#8E1D26 #1D8E4C #1D5E8E

monochromatic

#28080B #5B1318 #8E1D26 #C12734 #DA4B57

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.92

#8E1D26 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.35

#8E1D26 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E1D26

8.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E1D26	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E1D26	1.00	8.92	2.35	8.92
#FFFFFF	8.92	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.92	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3F3A25

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B5222

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D0022

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e1d26;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 29, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.6% 0.148 22.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b76460',
    500: '#8e1d26',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e1d26;
$custom-light: #b76460;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e1d26",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 29,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.221,
    "s": 66.082,
    "l": 33.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42571,
    "c": 0.14773,
    "h": 22.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.06769
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E1D26

secondary

#4ABDB3

accent

#E9DB3F

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130605

muted

#827A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E1D26

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

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