#8E1E2A#8E1E2A

#8E1E2A is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 42.7% C 0.147 H 20.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E1E2A
RGB	rgb(142, 30, 42)
HSL	hsl(354, 65%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(354, 79%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78.9%, 70.4%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.46, 46.54, 22.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.46, 51.58, 25.55°)
OKLab	oklab(42.72% 0.1371 0.0519)
OKLCH	oklch(42.72% 0.147 20.7)
XYZ	xyz(12.0389, 6.8483, 2.8780)
Luminance	0.0685 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E1E2A #1E8E82

analogous

#8E1E62 #8E1E2A #8E4A1E

triadic

#8E1E2A #2A8E1E #1E2A8E

tetradic

#8E1E2A #628E1E #1E8E82 #4A1E8E

square

#8E1E2A #628E1E #1E8E82 #4A1E8E

split-complementary

#8E1E2A #1E8E4A #1E628E

monochromatic

#29090C #5B131B #8E1E2A #C12939 #D94D5C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.86

#8E1E2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.37

#8E1E2A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E1E2A

8.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E1E2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E1E2A	1.00	8.86	2.37	8.86
#FFFFFF	8.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3F3B2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B5326

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C0024

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e1e2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 30, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.7% 0.147 20.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b66563',
    500: '#8e1e2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e1e2a;
$custom-light: #b66563;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e1e2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.571,
    "s": 65.116,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42724,
    "c": 0.1466,
    "h": 20.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.06846
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E1E2A

secondary

#4CBCB0

accent

#E8D640

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBEA

border

#D1C6C6

text

#130605

muted

#827A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E1E2A

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

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