#8E1D31#8E1D31

#8E1D31 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 42.8% C 0.147 H 16.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E1D31
RGB	rgb(142, 29, 49)
HSL	hsl(349, 66%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(349, 80%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 79.6%, 65.5%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.47, 47.26, 17.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.47, 50.48, 20.56°)
OKLab	oklab(42.77% 0.141 0.0426)
OKLCH	oklch(42.77% 0.147 16.8)
XYZ	xyz(12.1504, 6.8531, 3.5881)
Luminance	0.0685 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E1D31 #1D8E7A

analogous

#8E1D69 #8E1D31 #8E421D

triadic

#8E1D31 #318E1D #1D318E

tetradic

#8E1D31 #698E1D #1D8E7A #421D8E

square

#8E1D31 #698E1D #1D8E7A #421D8E

split-complementary

#8E1D31 #1D8E42 #1D698E

monochromatic

#28080E #5B131F #8E1D31 #C12743 #DA4B64

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.86

#8E1D31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.37

#8E1D31 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E1D31

8.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E1D31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E1D31	1.00	8.86	2.37	8.86
#FFFFFF	8.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3E3B31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A532E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C0026

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e1d31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 29, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.8% 0.147 16.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b66568',
    500: '#8e1d31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e1d31;
$custom-light: #b66568;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e1d31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 29,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 349.381,
    "s": 66.082,
    "l": 33.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42772,
    "c": 0.14729,
    "h": 16.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.06851
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E1D31

secondary

#4ABDA8

accent

#E9CB3F

background

#FCF6F6

surface

#F8EBEB

border

#D1C6C6

text

#120606

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E1D31

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

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