#8E1F26#8E1F26

#8E1F26 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 42.7% C 0.146 H 23.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E1F26
RGB	rgb(142, 31, 38)
HSL	hsl(356, 64%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(356, 78%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78.2%, 73.2%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.52, 46.00, 24.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.52, 52.29, 28.39°)
OKLab	oklab(42.75% 0.1345 0.057)
OKLCH	oklch(42.75% 0.146 23)
XYZ	xyz(11.9965, 6.8726, 2.5282)
Luminance	0.0687 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E1F26 #1F8E87

analogous

#8E1F5E #8E1F26 #8E501F

triadic

#8E1F26 #268E1F #1F268E

tetradic

#8E1F26 #5E8E1F #1F8E87 #501F8E

square

#8E1F26 #5E8E1F #1F8E87 #501F8E

split-complementary

#8E1F26 #1F8E50 #1F5E8E

monochromatic

#2A090B #5C1419 #8E1F26 #C02A33 #D94F58

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.85

#8E1F26 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.37

#8E1F26 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E1F26

8.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E1F26	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E1F26	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)

#403B25

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C5322

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D0023

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e1f26;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 31, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.7% 0.146 23.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b76560',
    500: '#8e1f26',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e1f26;
$custom-light: #b76560;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e1f26",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 31,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.216,
    "s": 64.162,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42745,
    "c": 0.14604,
    "h": 23
  },
  "luminance": 0.06871
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E1F26

secondary

#4DBBB5

accent

#E7DD41

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130605

muted

#827A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E1F26

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

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