#8C1911#8C1911

#8C1911 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.063; OKLCH L 41.6% C 0.151 H 29.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C1911
RGB	rgb(140, 25, 17)
HSL	hsl(4, 78%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(4, 88%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 82.1%, 87.9%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.19, 46.52, 35.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.19, 58.63, 37.49°)
OKLab	oklab(41.61% 0.1318 0.074)
OKLCH	oklch(41.61% 0.151 29.3)
XYZ	xyz(11.2654, 6.3130, 1.1556)
Luminance	0.0631 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8C1911 #11848C

analogous

#8C1147 #8C1911 #8C5611

triadic

#8C1911 #118C19 #19118C

tetradic

#8C1911 #478C11 #11848C #56118C

square

#8C1911 #478C11 #11848C #56118C

split-complementary

#8C1911 #118C56 #11478C

monochromatic

#1F0604 #550F0A #8C1911 #C32318 #E63D31

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.28

#8C1911 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.26

#8C1911 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8C1911

9.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C1911	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8C1911	1.00	9.28	2.26	9.28
#FFFFFF	9.28	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.26	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.28	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3F370E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A5009

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B0019

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c1911;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 25, 17);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.6% 0.151 29.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b76251',
    500: '#8c1911',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c1911;
$custom-light: #b76251;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c1911",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 17
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.902,
    "s": 78.344,
    "l": 30.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41611,
    "c": 0.15118,
    "h": 29.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.06311
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C1911

secondary

#38B8C1

accent

#E8F533

background

#FCF6F4

surface

#F8EBE7

border

#D1C6C3

text

#130602

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C1911

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

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