#8E1D39#8E1D39

#8E1D39 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 43.0% C 0.148 H 12.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E1D39
RGB	rgb(142, 29, 57)
HSL	hsl(345, 66%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(345, 80%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 79.6%, 59.9%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.64, 47.80, 12.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.64, 49.46, 14.87°)
OKLab	oklab(42.95% 0.1443 0.0315)
OKLCH	oklch(42.95% 0.148 12.3)
XYZ	xyz(12.3345, 6.9267, 4.5576)
Luminance	0.0693 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E1D39 #1D8E72

analogous

#8E1D71 #8E1D39 #8E391D

triadic

#8E1D39 #398E1D #1D398E

tetradic

#8E1D39 #718E1D #1D8E72 #391D8E

square

#8E1D39 #718E1D #1D8E72 #391D8E

split-complementary

#8E1D39 #1D8E39 #1D718E

monochromatic

#280810 #5B1325 #8E1D39 #C1274D #DA4B6F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.81

#8E1D39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.39

#8E1D39 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E1D39

8.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E1D39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E1D39	1.00	8.81	2.39	8.81
#FFFFFF	8.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3C3C39

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#595336

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C0029

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e1d39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 29, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.0% 0.148 12.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b5656f',
    500: '#8e1d39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e1d39;
$custom-light: #b5656f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e1d39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 29,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 345.133,
    "s": 66.082,
    "l": 33.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42952,
    "c": 0.1477,
    "h": 12.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.06925
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E1D39

secondary

#4ABDA0

accent

#E9BF3F

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F7EBEC

border

#D0C6C7

text

#120607

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E1D39

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

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