#8E1F28#8E1F28

#8E1F28 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 42.8% C 0.146 H 22.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E1F28
RGB	rgb(142, 31, 40)
HSL	hsl(355, 64%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(355, 78%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78.2%, 71.8%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.55, 46.10, 23.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.55, 51.81, 27.14°)
OKLab	oklab(42.78% 0.1353 0.0546)
OKLCH	oklch(42.78% 0.146 22)
XYZ	xyz(12.0297, 6.8858, 2.7027)
Luminance	0.0688 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E1F28 #1F8E85

analogous

#8E1F60 #8E1F28 #8E4E1F

triadic

#8E1F28 #288E1F #1F288E

tetradic

#8E1F28 #608E1F #1F8E85 #4E1F8E

square

#8E1F28 #608E1F #1F8E85 #4E1F8E

split-complementary

#8E1F28 #1F8E4E #1F608E

monochromatic

#2A090C #5C141A #8E1F28 #C02A36 #D94F5A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.84

#8E1F28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.38

#8E1F28 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E1F28

8.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E1F28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E1F28	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)

#403B27

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C5324

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C0023

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e1f28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 31, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.8% 0.146 22.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b76562',
    500: '#8e1f28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e1f28;
$custom-light: #b76562;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e1f28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 31,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.135,
    "s": 64.162,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42777,
    "c": 0.14587,
    "h": 22
  },
  "luminance": 0.06884
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E1F28

secondary

#4DBBB3

accent

#E7DA41

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBEA

border

#D1C6C6

text

#130605

muted

#827A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E1F28

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

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