#8E1E33#8E1E33

#8E1E33 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 42.9% C 0.146 H 16.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E1E33
RGB	rgb(142, 30, 51)
HSL	hsl(349, 65%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(349, 79%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78.9%, 64.1%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.62, 47.07, 16.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.62, 49.91, 19.45°)
OKLab	oklab(42.9% 0.1408 0.0402)
OKLCH	oklch(42.9% 0.146 16)
XYZ	xyz(12.2184, 6.9202, 3.8237)
Luminance	0.0692 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E1E33 #1E8E79

analogous

#8E1E6B #8E1E33 #8E411E

triadic

#8E1E33 #338E1E #1E338E

tetradic

#8E1E33 #6B8E1E #1E8E79 #411E8E

square

#8E1E33 #6B8E1E #1E8E79 #411E8E

split-complementary

#8E1E33 #1E8E41 #1E6B8E

monochromatic

#29090F #5B1321 #8E1E33 #C12945 #D94D67

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.81

#8E1E33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.38

#8E1E33 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E1E33

8.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E1E33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E1E33	1.00	8.81	2.38	8.81
#FFFFFF	8.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3E3C33

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A5330

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C0027

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e1e33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 30, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.9% 0.146 16.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b6656a',
    500: '#8e1e33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e1e33;
$custom-light: #b6656a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e1e33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 348.75,
    "s": 65.116,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42899,
    "c": 0.14643,
    "h": 16
  },
  "luminance": 0.06918
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E1E33

secondary

#4CBCA7

accent

#E8C940

background

#FCF6F6

surface

#F8EBEB

border

#D1C6C6

text

#120606

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E1E33

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

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