#8E1E31#8E1E31

#8E1E31 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 42.9% C 0.146 H 17.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E1E31
RGB	rgb(142, 30, 49)
HSL	hsl(350, 65%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(350, 79%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78.9%, 65.5%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.58, 46.94, 17.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.58, 50.23, 20.84°)
OKLab	oklab(42.86% 0.14 0.0429)
OKLCH	oklch(42.86% 0.146 17.1)
XYZ	xyz(12.1753, 6.9029, 3.5964)
Luminance	0.0690 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E1E31 #1E8E7B

analogous

#8E1E69 #8E1E31 #8E431E

triadic

#8E1E31 #318E1E #1E318E

tetradic

#8E1E31 #698E1E #1E8E7B #431E8E

square

#8E1E31 #698E1E #1E8E7B #431E8E

split-complementary

#8E1E31 #1E8E43 #1E698E

monochromatic

#29090E #5B1320 #8E1E31 #C12942 #D94D65

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.82

#8E1E31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.38

#8E1E31 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E1E31

8.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E1E31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E1E31	1.00	8.82	2.38	8.82
#FFFFFF	8.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3E3B31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B532E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C0026

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e1e31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 30, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.9% 0.146 17.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b66568',
    500: '#8e1e31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e1e31;
$custom-light: #b66568;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e1e31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 349.821,
    "s": 65.116,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42857,
    "c": 0.1464,
    "h": 17.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.06901
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E1E31

secondary

#4CBCA9

accent

#E8CC40

background

#FCF6F6

surface

#F8EBEB

border

#D1C6C6

text

#120606

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E1E31

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

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