#8E201A#8E201A

#8E201A is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 42.7% C 0.147 H 28.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E201A
RGB	rgb(142, 32, 26)
HSL	hsl(3, 69%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(3, 82%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 77.5%, 81.7%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.49, 45.17, 32.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.49, 55.42, 35.41°)
OKLab	oklab(42.68% 0.1291 0.0695)
OKLCH	oklch(42.68% 0.147 28.3)
XYZ	xyz(11.8597, 6.8603, 1.6768)
Luminance	0.0686 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E201A #1A888E

analogous

#8E1A4E #8E201A #8E5A1A

triadic

#8E201A #1A8E20 #201A8E

tetradic

#8E201A #4E8E1A #1A888E #5A1A8E

square

#8E201A #4E8E1A #1A888E #5A1A8E

split-complementary

#8E201A #1A8E5A #1A4E8E

monochromatic

#270907 #5A1411 #8E201A #C22C23 #DD4D45

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.85

#8E201A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.37

#8E201A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E201A

8.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E201A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E201A	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)

#423B18

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D5315

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D0020

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e201a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 32, 26);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.7% 0.147 28.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b86557',
    500: '#8e201a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e201a;
$custom-light: #b86557;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e201a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 32,
    "b": 26
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.103,
    "s": 69.048,
    "l": 32.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42676,
    "c": 0.14667,
    "h": 28.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.06858
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E201A

secondary

#45B8BE

accent

#E3EC3C

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130603

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E201A

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

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