#8E1D37#8E1D37

#8E1D37 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 42.9% C 0.148 H 13.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E1D37
RGB	rgb(142, 29, 55)
HSL	hsl(346, 66%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(346, 80%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 79.6%, 61.3%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.59, 47.66, 13.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.59, 49.66, 16.32°)
OKLab	oklab(42.91% 0.1435 0.0344)
OKLCH	oklch(42.91% 0.148 13.5)
XYZ	xyz(12.2855, 6.9072, 4.3000)
Luminance	0.0691 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E1D37 #1D8E74

analogous

#8E1D6F #8E1D37 #8E3B1D

triadic

#8E1D37 #378E1D #1D378E

tetradic

#8E1D37 #6F8E1D #1D8E74 #3B1D8E

square

#8E1D37 #6F8E1D #1D8E74 #3B1D8E

split-complementary

#8E1D37 #1D8E3B #1D6F8E

monochromatic

#280810 #5B1323 #8E1D37 #C1274B #DA4B6C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.82

#8E1D37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.38

#8E1D37 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E1D37

8.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E1D37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E1D37	1.00	8.82	2.38	8.82
#FFFFFF	8.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3D3B37

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A5334

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C0028

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e1d37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 29, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.9% 0.148 13.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b6656d',
    500: '#8e1d37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e1d37;
$custom-light: #b6656d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e1d37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 29,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 346.195,
    "s": 66.082,
    "l": 33.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42905,
    "c": 0.14753,
    "h": 13.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.06905
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E1D37

secondary

#4ABDA2

accent

#E9C23F

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F7EBEB

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120607

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E1D37

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

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