#8E1D2B#8E1D2B

#8E1D2B is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 42.7% C 0.147 H 20.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E1D2B
RGB	rgb(142, 29, 43)
HSL	hsl(353, 66%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(353, 80%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 79.6%, 69.7%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.36, 46.92, 21.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.36, 51.60, 24.61°)
OKLab	oklab(42.66% 0.1386 0.0503)
OKLCH	oklch(42.66% 0.147 20)
XYZ	xyz(12.0321, 6.8058, 2.9651)
Luminance	0.0680 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E1D2B #1D8E80

analogous

#8E1D63 #8E1D2B #8E471D

triadic

#8E1D2B #2B8E1D #1D2B8E

tetradic

#8E1D2B #638E1D #1D8E80 #471D8E

square

#8E1D2B #638E1D #1D8E80 #471D8E

split-complementary

#8E1D2B #1D8E47 #1D638E

monochromatic

#28080C #5B131C #8E1D2B #C1273A #DA4B5D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.90

#8E1D2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.36

#8E1D2B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E1D2B

8.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E1D2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E1D2B	1.00	8.90	2.36	8.90
#FFFFFF	8.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3F3B2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B5227

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C0023

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e1d2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 29, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.7% 0.147 20.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b66464',
    500: '#8e1d2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e1d2b;
$custom-light: #b66464;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e1d2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 29,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 352.566,
    "s": 66.082,
    "l": 33.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42656,
    "c": 0.14741,
    "h": 20
  },
  "luminance": 0.06804
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E1D2B

secondary

#4ABDAE

accent

#E9D43F

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBEA

border

#D1C6C6

text

#130605

muted

#827A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E1D2B

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

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