#8E1F24#8E1F24

#8E1F24 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 42.7% C 0.146 H 23.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E1F24
RGB	rgb(142, 31, 36)
HSL	hsl(357, 64%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(357, 78%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78.2%, 74.6%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.49, 45.91, 26.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.49, 52.80, 29.61°)
OKLab	oklab(42.71% 0.1337 0.0592)
OKLCH	oklch(42.71% 0.146 23.9)
XYZ	xyz(11.9651, 6.8600, 2.3628)
Luminance	0.0686 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E1F24 #1F8E89

analogous

#8E1F5C #8E1F24 #8E521F

triadic

#8E1F24 #248E1F #1F248E

tetradic

#8E1F24 #5C8E1F #1F8E89 #521F8E

square

#8E1F24 #5C8E1F #1F8E89 #521F8E

split-complementary

#8E1F24 #1F8E52 #1F5C8E

monochromatic

#2A090B #5C1417 #8E1F24 #C02A31 #D94F55

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.85

#8E1F24 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.37

#8E1F24 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E1F24

8.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E1F24	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E1F24	1.00	8.85	2.37	8.85
#FFFFFF	8.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#403B23

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C5320

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D0022

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e1f24;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 31, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.7% 0.146 23.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7655f',
    500: '#8e1f24',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e1f24;
$custom-light: #b7655f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e1f24",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 31,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.297,
    "s": 64.162,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42714,
    "c": 0.14624,
    "h": 23.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.06858
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E1F24

secondary

#4DBBB7

accent

#E7E041

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130604

muted

#827A79

Preview Lab

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