#8E1E2C#8E1E2C

#8E1E2C is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 42.8% C 0.146 H 19.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E1E2C
RGB	rgb(142, 30, 44)
HSL	hsl(353, 65%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(353, 79%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78.9%, 69%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.49, 46.65, 21.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.49, 51.16, 24.24°)
OKLab	oklab(42.76% 0.1379 0.0494)
OKLCH	oklch(42.76% 0.147 19.7)
XYZ	xyz(12.0756, 6.8630, 3.0712)
Luminance	0.0686 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E1E2C #1E8E80

analogous

#8E1E64 #8E1E2C #8E481E

triadic

#8E1E2C #2C8E1E #1E2C8E

tetradic

#8E1E2C #648E1E #1E8E80 #481E8E

square

#8E1E2C #648E1E #1E8E80 #481E8E

split-complementary

#8E1E2C #1E8E48 #1E648E

monochromatic

#29090D #5B131C #8E1E2C #C1293C #D94D5F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.85

#8E1E2C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.37

#8E1E2C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E1E2C

8.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E1E2C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E1E2C	1.00	8.85	2.37	8.85
#FFFFFF	8.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3F3B2C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B5329

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C0024

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e1e2c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 30, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.8% 0.146 19.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b66565',
    500: '#8e1e2c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e1e2c;
$custom-light: #b66565;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e1e2c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 352.5,
    "s": 65.116,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4276,
    "c": 0.1465,
    "h": 19.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.06861
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E1E2C

secondary

#4CBCAE

accent

#E8D340

background

#FCF6F6

surface

#F8EBEB

border

#D1C6C6

text

#130605

muted

#827A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E1E2C

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

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