#8E1E38#8E1E38

#8E1E38 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.070; OKLCH L 43.0% C 0.147 H 13.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E1E38
RGB	rgb(142, 30, 56)
HSL	hsl(346, 65%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(346, 79%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78.9%, 60.6%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.73, 47.41, 13.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.73, 49.28, 15.87°)
OKLab	oklab(43.01% 0.1429 0.0333)
OKLCH	oklch(43.01% 0.147 13.1)
XYZ	xyz(12.3347, 6.9667, 4.4358)
Luminance	0.0697 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E1E38 #1E8E74

analogous

#8E1E70 #8E1E38 #8E3C1E

triadic

#8E1E38 #388E1E #1E388E

tetradic

#8E1E38 #708E1E #1E8E74 #3C1E8E

square

#8E1E38 #708E1E #1E8E74 #3C1E8E

split-complementary

#8E1E38 #1E8E3C #1E708E

monochromatic

#290910 #5B1324 #8E1E38 #C1294C #D94D6E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.78

#8E1E38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.39

#8E1E38 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E1E38

8.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E1E38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E1E38	1.00	8.78	2.39	8.78
#FFFFFF	8.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3D3C38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A5335

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C0029

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e1e38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 30, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.0% 0.147 13.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b5656e',
    500: '#8e1e38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e1e38;
$custom-light: #b5656e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e1e38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 346.071,
    "s": 65.116,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43013,
    "c": 0.14668,
    "h": 13.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.06965
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E1E38

secondary

#4CBCA2

accent

#E8C140

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F7EBEB

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120607

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E1E38

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