#8E1D28#8E1D28

#8E1D28 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 42.6% C 0.148 H 21.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E1D28
RGB	rgb(142, 29, 40)
HSL	hsl(354, 66%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(354, 80%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 79.6%, 71.8%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.31, 46.76, 23.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.31, 52.27, 26.54°)
OKLab	oklab(42.6% 0.1374 0.054)
OKLCH	oklch(42.6% 0.148 21.5)
XYZ	xyz(11.9791, 6.7846, 2.6859)
Luminance	0.0678 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E1D28 #1D8E83

analogous

#8E1D60 #8E1D28 #8E4A1D

triadic

#8E1D28 #288E1D #1D288E

tetradic

#8E1D28 #608E1D #1D8E83 #4A1D8E

square

#8E1D28 #608E1D #1D8E83 #4A1D8E

split-complementary

#8E1D28 #1D8E4A #1D608E

monochromatic

#28080B #5B131A #8E1D28 #C12736 #DA4B59

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.91

#8E1D28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.36

#8E1D28 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E1D28

8.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E1D28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E1D28	1.00	8.91	2.36	8.91
#FFFFFF	8.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.91	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3F3A27

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B5224

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D0022

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e1d28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 29, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.6% 0.148 21.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b76461',
    500: '#8e1d28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e1d28;
$custom-light: #b76461;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e1d28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 29,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.159,
    "s": 66.082,
    "l": 33.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42604,
    "c": 0.14758,
    "h": 21.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.06783
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E1D28

secondary

#4ABDB1

accent

#E9D83F

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBEA

border

#D1C6C6

text

#130605

muted

#827A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E1D28

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

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