#8E1F27#8E1F27

#8E1F27 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 42.8% C 0.146 H 22.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E1F27
RGB	rgb(142, 31, 39)
HSL	hsl(356, 64%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(356, 78%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78.2%, 72.5%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.53, 46.05, 24.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.53, 52.05, 27.77°)
OKLab	oklab(42.76% 0.1349 0.0558)
OKLCH	oklch(42.76% 0.146 22.5)
XYZ	xyz(12.0129, 6.8791, 2.6143)
Luminance	0.0688 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E1F27 #1F8E86

analogous

#8E1F5F #8E1F27 #8E4F1F

triadic

#8E1F27 #278E1F #1F278E

tetradic

#8E1F27 #5F8E1F #1F8E86 #4F1F8E

square

#8E1F27 #5F8E1F #1F8E86 #4F1F8E

split-complementary

#8E1F27 #1F8E4F #1F5F8E

monochromatic

#2A090B #5C1419 #8E1F27 #C02A35 #D94F59

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.84

#8E1F27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.38

#8E1F27 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E1F27

8.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E1F27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E1F27	1.00	8.84	2.38	8.84
#FFFFFF	8.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#403B26

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C5323

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D0023

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e1f27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 31, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.8% 0.146 22.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b76561',
    500: '#8e1f27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e1f27;
$custom-light: #b76561;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e1f27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 31,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.676,
    "s": 64.162,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42761,
    "c": 0.14595,
    "h": 22.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.06877
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E1F27

secondary

#4DBBB4

accent

#E7DB41

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130605

muted

#827A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E1F27

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