#8C1912#8C1912

#8C1912 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.063; OKLCH L 41.6% C 0.151 H 29.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C1912
RGB	rgb(140, 25, 18)
HSL	hsl(3, 77%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(3, 87%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 82.1%, 87.1%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.20, 46.54, 35.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.20, 58.34, 37.08°)
OKLab	oklab(41.62% 0.1321 0.0733)
OKLCH	oklch(41.62% 0.151 29)
XYZ	xyz(11.2734, 6.3162, 1.1977)
Luminance	0.0631 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C1912 #12858C

analogous

#8C1248 #8C1912 #8C5612

triadic

#8C1912 #128C19 #19128C

tetradic

#8C1912 #488C12 #12858C #56128C

square

#8C1912 #488C12 #12858C #56128C

split-complementary

#8C1912 #128C56 #12488C

monochromatic

#200604 #560F0B #8C1912 #C22319 #E53E34

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.28

#8C1912 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.26

#8C1912 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8C1912

9.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C1912	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8C1912	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)

#3E370F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A500A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B0019

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c1912;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 25, 18);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.6% 0.151 29.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b76252',
    500: '#8c1912',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c1912;
$custom-light: #b76252;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c1912",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 18
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.443,
    "s": 77.215,
    "l": 30.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41619,
    "c": 0.15106,
    "h": 29
  },
  "luminance": 0.06314
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C1912

secondary

#39B9C0

accent

#E9F434

background

#FCF6F4

surface

#F8EBE7

border

#D1C6C3

text

#130602

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C1912

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

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