#8E1E2D#8E1E2D

#8E1E2D is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 42.8% C 0.146 H 19.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E1E2D
RGB	rgb(142, 30, 45)
HSL	hsl(352, 65%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(352, 79%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78.9%, 68.3%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.51, 46.70, 20.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.51, 50.96, 23.57°)
OKLab	oklab(42.78% 0.1383 0.0481)
OKLCH	oklch(42.78% 0.146 19.2)
XYZ	xyz(12.0946, 6.8706, 3.1714)
Luminance	0.0687 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E1E2D #1E8E7F

analogous

#8E1E65 #8E1E2D #8E471E

triadic

#8E1E2D #2D8E1E #1E2D8E

tetradic

#8E1E2D #658E1E #1E8E7F #471E8E

square

#8E1E2D #658E1E #1E8E7F #471E8E

split-complementary

#8E1E2D #1E8E47 #1E658E

monochromatic

#29090D #5B131D #8E1E2D #C1293D #D94D60

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.85

#8E1E2D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.37

#8E1E2D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E1E2D

8.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E1E2D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E1E2D	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)

#3F3B2D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B532A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C0025

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e1e2d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 30, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.8% 0.146 19.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b66565',
    500: '#8e1e2d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e1e2d;
$custom-light: #b66565;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e1e2d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 351.964,
    "s": 65.116,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42778,
    "c": 0.14646,
    "h": 19.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.06869
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E1E2D

secondary

#4CBCAD

accent

#E8D240

background

#FCF6F6

surface

#F8EBEB

border

#D1C6C6

text

#130605

muted

#827A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E1E2D

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

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