#8E1F23#8E1F23

#8E1F23 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 42.7% C 0.146 H 24.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E1F23
RGB	rgb(142, 31, 35)
HSL	hsl(358, 64%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(358, 78%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78.2%, 75.4%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.47, 45.86, 26.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.47, 53.07, 30.20°)
OKLab	oklab(42.7% 0.1333 0.0603)
OKLCH	oklch(42.7% 0.146 24.3)
XYZ	xyz(11.9501, 6.8540, 2.2835)
Luminance	0.0685 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E1F23 #1F8E8A

analogous

#8E1F5B #8E1F23 #8E531F

triadic

#8E1F23 #238E1F #1F238E

tetradic

#8E1F23 #5B8E1F #1F8E8A #531F8E

square

#8E1F23 #5B8E1F #1F8E8A #531F8E

split-complementary

#8E1F23 #1F8E53 #1F5B8E

monochromatic

#2A090A #5C1417 #8E1F23 #C02A2F #D94F54

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.86

#8E1F23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.37

#8E1F23 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E1F23

8.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E1F23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E1F23	1.00	8.86	2.37	8.86
#FFFFFF	8.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#413B22

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C531F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D0022

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e1f23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 31, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.7% 0.146 24.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7655e',
    500: '#8e1f23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e1f23;
$custom-light: #b7655e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e1f23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 31,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.838,
    "s": 64.162,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42699,
    "c": 0.14634,
    "h": 24.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.06852
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E1F23

secondary

#4DBBB7

accent

#E7E141

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130604

muted

#827A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E1F23

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

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