#8E1E39#8E1E39

#8E1E39 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.070; OKLCH L 43.0% C 0.147 H 12.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E1E39
RGB	rgb(142, 30, 57)
HSL	hsl(346, 65%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(346, 79%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78.9%, 59.9%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.75, 47.48, 12.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.75, 49.19, 15.14°)
OKLab	oklab(43.04% 0.1433 0.0319)
OKLCH	oklch(43.04% 0.147 12.5)
XYZ	xyz(12.3594, 6.9765, 4.5659)
Luminance	0.0698 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E1E39 #1E8E73

analogous

#8E1E71 #8E1E39 #8E3B1E

triadic

#8E1E39 #398E1E #1E398E

tetradic

#8E1E39 #718E1E #1E8E73 #3B1E8E

square

#8E1E39 #718E1E #1E8E73 #3B1E8E

split-complementary

#8E1E39 #1E8E3B #1E718E

monochromatic

#290910 #5B1325 #8E1E39 #C1294D #D94D6F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.77

#8E1E39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.40

#8E1E39 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E1E39

8.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E1E39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E1E39	1.00	8.77	2.40	8.77
#FFFFFF	8.77	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.77	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3D3C39

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A5336

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C002A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e1e39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 30, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.0% 0.147 12.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b5656f',
    500: '#8e1e39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e1e39;
$custom-light: #b5656f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e1e39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 345.536,
    "s": 65.116,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43037,
    "c": 0.14677,
    "h": 12.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.06975
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E1E39

secondary

#4CBCA1

accent

#E8BF40

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F7EBEC

border

#D0C6C7

text

#120607

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E1E39

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