#8E1E20#8E1E20

#8E1E20 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 42.6% C 0.148 H 25.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E1E20
RGB	rgb(142, 30, 32)
HSL	hsl(359, 65%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(359, 79%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78.9%, 77.5%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.31, 46.07, 28.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.31, 54.10, 31.62°)
OKLab	oklab(42.57% 0.1333 0.0632)
OKLCH	oklch(42.57% 0.148 25.4)
XYZ	xyz(11.8817, 6.7855, 2.0503)
Luminance	0.0678 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E1E20 #1E8E8C

analogous

#8E1E58 #8E1E20 #8E541E

triadic

#8E1E20 #208E1E #1E208E

tetradic

#8E1E20 #588E1E #1E8E8C #541E8E

square

#8E1E20 #588E1E #1E8E8C #541E8E

split-complementary

#8E1E20 #1E8E54 #1E588E

monochromatic

#290909 #5B1315 #8E1E20 #C1292B #D94D50

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.91

#8E1E20 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.36

#8E1E20 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E1E20

8.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E1E20	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E1E20	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)

#403A1F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C521C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D0020

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e1e20;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 30, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.6% 0.148 25.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7645c',
    500: '#8e1e20',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e1e20;
$custom-light: #b7645c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e1e20",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.929,
    "s": 65.116,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42569,
    "c": 0.14753,
    "h": 25.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.06784
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E1E20

secondary

#4CBCBA

accent

#E8E540

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130604

muted

#827A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E1E20

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

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