#8C1815#8C1815

#8C1815 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.063; OKLCH L 41.6% C 0.151 H 27.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C1815
RGB	rgb(140, 24, 21)
HSL	hsl(2, 74%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(2, 85%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 82.9%, 85%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.12, 46.91, 33.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.12, 57.63, 35.51°)
OKLab	oklab(41.57% 0.1338 0.0708)
OKLCH	oklch(41.57% 0.151 27.9)
XYZ	xyz(11.2786, 6.2847, 1.3285)
Luminance	0.0628 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C1815 #15898C

analogous

#8C154E #8C1815 #8C5415

triadic

#8C1815 #158C18 #18158C

tetradic

#8C1815 #4E8C15 #15898C #54158C

square

#8C1815 #4E8C15 #15898C #54158C

split-complementary

#8C1815 #158C54 #154E8C

monochromatic

#220605 #570F0D #8C1815 #C1211D #E13E3A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.31

#8C1815 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.26

#8C1815 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8C1815

9.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C1815	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8C1815	1.00	9.31	2.26	9.31
#FFFFFF	9.31	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.26	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.31	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3E3713

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A500E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B0019

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c1815;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 24, 21);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.6% 0.151 27.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b76253',
    500: '#8c1815',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c1815;
$custom-light: #b76253;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c1815",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 21
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.513,
    "s": 73.913,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4157,
    "c": 0.15139,
    "h": 27.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.06283
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C1815

secondary

#3DBDC0

accent

#ECF137

background

#FCF6F4

surface

#F8EBE7

border

#D1C6C3

text

#130602

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C1815

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

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