#8E1E26#8E1E26

#8E1E26 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 42.7% C 0.147 H 22.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E1E26
RGB	rgb(142, 30, 38)
HSL	hsl(356, 65%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(356, 79%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78.9%, 73.2%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.40, 46.34, 24.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.40, 52.52, 28.08°)
OKLab	oklab(42.66% 0.1355 0.0566)
OKLCH	oklch(42.66% 0.147 22.7)
XYZ	xyz(11.9708, 6.8211, 2.5196)
Luminance	0.0682 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8E1E26 #1E8E86

analogous

#8E1E5E #8E1E26 #8E4E1E

triadic

#8E1E26 #268E1E #1E268E

tetradic

#8E1E26 #5E8E1E #1E8E86 #4E1E8E

square

#8E1E26 #5E8E1E #1E8E86 #4E1E8E

split-complementary

#8E1E26 #1E8E4E #1E5E8E

monochromatic

#29090B #5B1318 #8E1E26 #C12934 #D94D57

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.88

#8E1E26 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.36

#8E1E26 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E1E26

8.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E1E26	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E1E26	1.00	8.88	2.36	8.88
#FFFFFF	8.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#403B25

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C5222

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D0022

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e1e26;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 30, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.7% 0.147 22.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b76560',
    500: '#8e1e26',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e1e26;
$custom-light: #b76560;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e1e26",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.714,
    "s": 65.116,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42657,
    "c": 0.1469,
    "h": 22.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.06819
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E1E26

secondary

#4CBCB4

accent

#E8DC40

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130605

muted

#827A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E1E26

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