#8E201B#8E201B

#8E201B is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 42.7% C 0.147 H 27.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E201B
RGB	rgb(142, 32, 27)
HSL	hsl(3, 68%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(3, 81%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 77.5%, 81%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.50, 45.20, 31.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.50, 55.12, 34.91°)
OKLab	oklab(42.69% 0.1295 0.0686)
OKLCH	oklch(42.69% 0.147 27.9)
XYZ	xyz(11.8711, 6.8648, 1.7367)
Luminance	0.0686 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E201B #1B898E

analogous

#8E1B4F #8E201B #8E591B

triadic

#8E201B #1B8E20 #201B8E

tetradic

#8E201B #4F8E1B #1B898E #591B8E

square

#8E201B #4F8E1B #1B898E #591B8E

split-complementary

#8E201B #1B8E59 #1B4F8E

monochromatic

#270907 #5B1411 #8E201B #C12C25 #DC4E47

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.85

#8E201B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.37

#8E201B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E201B

8.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E201B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E201B	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)

#423B19

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D5316

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D0020

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e201b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 32, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.7% 0.147 27.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b86558',
    500: '#8e201b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e201b;
$custom-light: #b86558;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e201b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 32,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.609,
    "s": 68.047,
    "l": 33.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42687,
    "c": 0.14653,
    "h": 27.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.06863
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E201B

secondary

#47B9BE

accent

#E3EB3D

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130603

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E201B

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

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