#8E1F29#8E1F29

#8E1F29 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 42.8% C 0.146 H 21.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E1F29
RGB	rgb(142, 31, 41)
HSL	hsl(355, 64%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(355, 78%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78.2%, 71.1%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.56, 46.15, 23.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.56, 51.57, 26.50°)
OKLab	oklab(42.79% 0.1357 0.0534)
OKLCH	oklch(42.79% 0.146 21.5)
XYZ	xyz(12.0469, 6.8927, 2.7935)
Luminance	0.0689 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E1F29 #1F8E84

analogous

#8E1F61 #8E1F29 #8E4D1F

triadic

#8E1F29 #298E1F #1F298E

tetradic

#8E1F29 #618E1F #1F8E84 #4D1F8E

square

#8E1F29 #618E1F #1F8E84 #4D1F8E

split-complementary

#8E1F29 #1F8E4D #1F618E

monochromatic

#2A090C #5C141A #8E1F29 #C02A38 #D94F5B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.83

#8E1F29 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.38

#8E1F29 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E1F29

8.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E1F29	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E1F29	1.00	8.83	2.38	8.83
#FFFFFF	8.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#403B28

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C5325

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C0024

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e1f29;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 31, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.8% 0.146 21.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b76562',
    500: '#8e1f29',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e1f29;
$custom-light: #b76562;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e1f29",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 31,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.595,
    "s": 64.162,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42794,
    "c": 0.14579,
    "h": 21.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.06891
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E1F29

secondary

#4DBBB2

accent

#E7D841

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBEA

border

#D1C6C6

text

#130605

muted

#827A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E1F29

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

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