#8E1E28#8E1E28

#8E1E28 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 42.7% C 0.147 H 21.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E1E28
RGB	rgb(142, 30, 40)
HSL	hsl(355, 65%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(355, 79%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78.9%, 71.8%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.43, 46.43, 23.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.43, 52.04, 26.83°)
OKLab	oklab(42.69% 0.1363 0.0543)
OKLCH	oklch(42.69% 0.147 21.7)
XYZ	xyz(12.0040, 6.8344, 2.6942)
Luminance	0.0683 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8E1E28 #1E8E84

analogous

#8E1E60 #8E1E28 #8E4C1E

triadic

#8E1E28 #288E1E #1E288E

tetradic

#8E1E28 #608E1E #1E8E84 #4C1E8E

square

#8E1E28 #608E1E #1E8E84 #4C1E8E

split-complementary

#8E1E28 #1E8E4C #1E608E

monochromatic

#29090C #5B131A #8E1E28 #C12936 #D94D5A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.87

#8E1E28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.37

#8E1E28 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E1E28

8.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E1E28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E1E28	1.00	8.87	2.37	8.87
#FFFFFF	8.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#403B27

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B5324

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D0023

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e1e28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 30, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.7% 0.147 21.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b76562',
    500: '#8e1e28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e1e28;
$custom-light: #b76562;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e1e28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.643,
    "s": 65.116,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42689,
    "c": 0.14674,
    "h": 21.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.06833
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E1E28

secondary

#4CBCB2

accent

#E8D940

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBEA

border

#D1C6C6

text

#130605

muted

#827A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E1E28

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

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