#8E201F#8E201F

#8E201F is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 42.7% C 0.146 H 26.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E201F
RGB	rgb(142, 32, 31)
HSL	hsl(1, 64%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(1, 78%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 77.5%, 78.2%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.54, 45.35, 29.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.54, 53.95, 32.80°)
OKLab	oklab(42.74% 0.1308 0.0648)
OKLCH	oklch(42.74% 0.146 26.3)
XYZ	xyz(11.9206, 6.8846, 1.9973)
Luminance	0.0688 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8E201F #1F8D8E

analogous

#8E1F56 #8E201F #8E581F

triadic

#8E201F #1F8E20 #201F8E

tetradic

#8E201F #568E1F #1F8D8E #581F8E

square

#8E201F #568E1F #1F8D8E #581F8E

split-complementary

#8E201F #1F8E58 #1F568E

monochromatic

#2A0909 #5C1514 #8E201F #C02B2A #D9504F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.84

#8E201F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.38

#8E201F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E201F

8.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E201F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E201F	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)

#413B1E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D531B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D0021

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e201f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 32, 31);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.7% 0.146 26.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7655b',
    500: '#8e201f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e201f;
$custom-light: #b7655b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e201f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 32,
    "b": 31
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.541,
    "s": 64.162,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42735,
    "c": 0.14598,
    "h": 26.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.06883
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E201F

secondary

#4DBABB

accent

#E6E741

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130604

muted

#827A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E201F

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

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