#8E1E22#8E1E22

#8E1E22 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 42.6% C 0.147 H 24.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E1E22
RGB	rgb(142, 30, 34)
HSL	hsl(358, 65%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(358, 79%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78.9%, 76.1%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.34, 46.15, 27.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.34, 53.55, 30.48°)
OKLab	oklab(42.6% 0.134 0.0611)
OKLCH	oklch(42.6% 0.147 24.5)
XYZ	xyz(11.9097, 6.7967, 2.1979)
Luminance	0.0679 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E1E22 #1E8E8A

analogous

#8E1E5A #8E1E22 #8E521E

triadic

#8E1E22 #228E1E #1E228E

tetradic

#8E1E22 #5A8E1E #1E8E8A #521E8E

square

#8E1E22 #5A8E1E #1E8E8A #521E8E

split-complementary

#8E1E22 #1E8E52 #1E5A8E

monochromatic

#29090A #5B1316 #8E1E22 #C1292E #D94D52

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.90

#8E1E22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.36

#8E1E22 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E1E22

8.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E1E22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E1E22	1.00	8.90	2.36	8.90
#FFFFFF	8.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#403A21

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C521E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D0021

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e1e22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 30, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.6% 0.147 24.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7655d',
    500: '#8e1e22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e1e22;
$custom-light: #b7655d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e1e22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.857,
    "s": 65.116,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42596,
    "c": 0.1473,
    "h": 24.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.06795
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E1E22

secondary

#4CBCB8

accent

#E8E240

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130604

muted

#827A79

Preview Lab

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