#8E1E2F#8E1E2F

#8E1E2F is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 42.8% C 0.146 H 18.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E1E2F
RGB	rgb(142, 30, 47)
HSL	hsl(351, 65%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(351, 79%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78.9%, 66.9%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.55, 46.82, 19.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.55, 50.58, 22.22°)
OKLab	oklab(42.82% 0.1391 0.0456)
OKLCH	oklch(42.82% 0.146 18.1)
XYZ	xyz(12.1340, 6.8864, 3.3791)
Luminance	0.0688 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E1E2F #1E8E7D

analogous

#8E1E67 #8E1E2F #8E451E

triadic

#8E1E2F #2F8E1E #1E2F8E

tetradic

#8E1E2F #678E1E #1E8E7D #451E8E

square

#8E1E2F #678E1E #1E8E7D #451E8E

split-complementary

#8E1E2F #1E8E45 #1E678E

monochromatic

#29090E #5B131E #8E1E2F #C12940 #D94D62

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.83

#8E1E2F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.38

#8E1E2F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E1E2F

8.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E1E2F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E1E2F	1.00	8.83	2.38	8.83
#FFFFFF	8.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3F3B2F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B532C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C0025

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e1e2f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 30, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.8% 0.146 18.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b66567',
    500: '#8e1e2f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e1e2f;
$custom-light: #b66567;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e1e2f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 350.893,
    "s": 65.116,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42817,
    "c": 0.14641,
    "h": 18.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.06885
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E1E2F

secondary

#4CBCAB

accent

#E8CF40

background

#FCF6F6

surface

#F8EBEB

border

#D1C6C6

text

#130606

muted

#827A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E1E2F

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

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