#8E1E29#8E1E29

#8E1E29 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 42.7% C 0.147 H 21.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E1E29
RGB	rgb(142, 30, 41)
HSL	hsl(354, 65%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(354, 79%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78.9%, 71.1%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.44, 46.49, 22.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.44, 51.81, 26.20°)
OKLab	oklab(42.71% 0.1367 0.0531)
OKLCH	oklch(42.71% 0.147 21.2)
XYZ	xyz(12.0212, 6.8413, 2.7849)
Luminance	0.0684 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E1E29 #1E8E83

analogous

#8E1E61 #8E1E29 #8E4B1E

triadic

#8E1E29 #298E1E #1E298E

tetradic

#8E1E29 #618E1E #1E8E83 #4B1E8E

square

#8E1E29 #618E1E #1E8E83 #4B1E8E

split-complementary

#8E1E29 #1E8E4B #1E618E

monochromatic

#29090C #5B131A #8E1E29 #C12938 #D94D5B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.87

#8E1E29 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.37

#8E1E29 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E1E29

8.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E1E29	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E1E29	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)

#3F3B28

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B5325

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C0023

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e1e29;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 30, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.7% 0.147 21.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b76562',
    500: '#8e1e29',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e1e29;
$custom-light: #b76562;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e1e29",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.107,
    "s": 65.116,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42706,
    "c": 0.14666,
    "h": 21.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.06839
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E1E29

secondary

#4CBCB1

accent

#E8D840

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBEA

border

#D1C6C6

text

#130605

muted

#827A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E1E29

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