#8C1914#8C1914

#8C1914 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.063; OKLCH L 41.6% C 0.151 H 28.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C1914
RGB	rgb(140, 25, 20)
HSL	hsl(3, 75%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(3, 86%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 82.1%, 85.7%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.21, 46.59, 34.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.21, 57.74, 36.21°)
OKLab	oklab(41.64% 0.1326 0.0718)
OKLCH	oklch(41.64% 0.151 28.4)
XYZ	xyz(11.2905, 6.3231, 1.2877)
Luminance	0.0632 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8C1914 #14878C

analogous

#8C144B #8C1914 #8C5514

triadic

#8C1914 #148C19 #19148C

tetradic

#8C1914 #4B8C14 #14878C #55148C

square

#8C1914 #4B8C14 #14878C #55148C

split-complementary

#8C1914 #148C55 #144B8C

monochromatic

#210605 #560F0C #8C1914 #C2231C #E33F38

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.27

#8C1914 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.26

#8C1914 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8C1914

9.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C1914	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8C1914	1.00	9.27	2.26	9.27
#FFFFFF	9.27	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.26	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.27	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3E3712

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A500D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B001A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c1914;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 25, 20);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.6% 0.151 28.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b76253',
    500: '#8c1914',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c1914;
$custom-light: #b76253;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c1914",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 20
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.5,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 31.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41637,
    "c": 0.15082,
    "h": 28.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.06321
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C1914

secondary

#3CBAC0

accent

#EAF236

background

#FCF6F4

surface

#F8EBE7

border

#D1C6C3

text

#130602

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C1914

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

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