#8E201D#8E201D

#8E201D is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 42.7% C 0.146 H 27.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E201D
RGB	rgb(142, 32, 29)
HSL	hsl(2, 66%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(2, 80%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 77.5%, 79.6%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.52, 45.27, 30.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.52, 54.53, 33.88°)
OKLab	oklab(42.71% 0.1301 0.0668)
OKLCH	oklch(42.71% 0.146 27.2)
XYZ	xyz(11.8950, 6.8744, 1.8627)
Luminance	0.0687 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E201D #1D8B8E

analogous

#8E1D52 #8E201D #8E581D

triadic

#8E201D #1D8E20 #201D8E

tetradic

#8E201D #528E1D #1D8B8E #581D8E

square

#8E201D #528E1D #1D8B8E #581D8E

split-complementary

#8E201D #1D8E58 #1D528E

monochromatic

#280908 #5B1513 #8E201D #C12B27 #DA4F4B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.84

#8E201D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.37

#8E201D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E201D

8.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E201D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E201D	1.00	8.84	2.37	8.84
#FFFFFF	8.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#423B1B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D5318

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D0021

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e201d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 32, 29);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.7% 0.146 27.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b76559',
    500: '#8e201d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e201d;
$custom-light: #b76559;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e201d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 32,
    "b": 29
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.593,
    "s": 66.082,
    "l": 33.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4271,
    "c": 0.14625,
    "h": 27.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.06873
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E201D

secondary

#4ABABD

accent

#E4E93F

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130603

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E201D

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

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