#8E201E#8E201E

#8E201E is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 42.7% C 0.146 H 26.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E201E
RGB	rgb(142, 32, 30)
HSL	hsl(1, 65%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(1, 79%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 77.5%, 78.9%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.53, 45.31, 29.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.53, 54.24, 33.34°)
OKLab	oklab(42.72% 0.1305 0.0658)
OKLCH	oklch(42.72% 0.146 26.8)
XYZ	xyz(11.9076, 6.8794, 1.9289)
Luminance	0.0688 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8E201E #1E8C8E

analogous

#8E1E54 #8E201E #8E581E

triadic

#8E201E #1E8E20 #201E8E

tetradic

#8E201E #548E1E #1E8C8E #581E8E

square

#8E201E #548E1E #1E8C8E #581E8E

split-complementary

#8E201E #1E8E58 #1E548E

monochromatic

#290909 #5B1513 #8E201E #C12B29 #D9504D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.84

#8E201E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.38

#8E201E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E201E

8.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E201E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E201E	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)

#423B1C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D5319

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D0021

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e201e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 32, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.7% 0.146 26.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7655a',
    500: '#8e201e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e201e;
$custom-light: #b7655a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e201e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 32,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.071,
    "s": 65.116,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42723,
    "c": 0.14611,
    "h": 26.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.06878
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E201E

secondary

#4CBABC

accent

#E5E840

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130604

muted

#827A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E201E

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

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