#8E1E1F#8E1E1F

#8E1E1F is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 42.6% C 0.148 H 25.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E1E1F
RGB	rgb(142, 30, 31)
HSL	hsl(359, 65%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(359, 79%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78.9%, 78.2%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.30, 46.03, 28.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.30, 54.38, 32.18°)
OKLab	oklab(42.56% 0.133 0.0642)
OKLCH	oklch(42.56% 0.148 25.8)
XYZ	xyz(11.8683, 6.7801, 1.9798)
Luminance	0.0678 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E1E1F #1E8E8D

analogous

#8E1E57 #8E1E1F #8E551E

triadic

#8E1E1F #1F8E1E #1E1F8E

tetradic

#8E1E1F #578E1E #1E8E8D #551E8E

square

#8E1E1F #578E1E #1E8E8D #551E8E

split-complementary

#8E1E1F #1E8E55 #1E578E

monochromatic

#290909 #5B1314 #8E1E1F #C1292A #D94D4E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.91

#8E1E1F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.36

#8E1E1F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E1E1F

8.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E1E1F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E1E1F	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)

#403A1E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C521A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D0020

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e1e1f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 30, 31);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.6% 0.148 25.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7645b',
    500: '#8e1e1f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e1e1f;
$custom-light: #b7645b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e1e1f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 31
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.464,
    "s": 65.116,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42556,
    "c": 0.14764,
    "h": 25.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.06778
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E1E1F

secondary

#4CBCBB

accent

#E8E740

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130604

muted

#827A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E1E1F

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

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