#8E1E23#8E1E23

#8E1E23 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 42.6% C 0.147 H 24.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E1E23
RGB	rgb(142, 30, 35)
HSL	hsl(357, 65%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(357, 79%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78.9%, 75.4%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.35, 46.20, 26.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.35, 53.29, 29.89°)
OKLab	oklab(42.61% 0.1344 0.06)
OKLCH	oklch(42.61% 0.147 24.1)
XYZ	xyz(11.9244, 6.8025, 2.2749)
Luminance	0.0680 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E1E23 #1E8E89

analogous

#8E1E5B #8E1E23 #8E511E

triadic

#8E1E23 #238E1E #1E238E

tetradic

#8E1E23 #5B8E1E #1E8E89 #511E8E

square

#8E1E23 #5B8E1E #1E8E89 #511E8E

split-complementary

#8E1E23 #1E8E51 #1E5B8E

monochromatic

#29090A #5B1317 #8E1E23 #C1292F #D94D53

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.90

#8E1E23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.36

#8E1E23 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E1E23

8.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E1E23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E1E23	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)

#403A22

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C521F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D0021

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e1e23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 30, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.6% 0.147 24.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7655e',
    500: '#8e1e23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e1e23;
$custom-light: #b7655e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e1e23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.321,
    "s": 65.116,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42611,
    "c": 0.14719,
    "h": 24.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.06801
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E1E23

secondary

#4CBCB7

accent

#E8E140

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130604

muted

#827A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E1E23

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

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