#8C1916#8C1916

#8C1916 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.063; OKLCH L 41.7% C 0.151 H 27.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C1916
RGB	rgb(140, 25, 22)
HSL	hsl(2, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(2, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 82.1%, 84.3%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.23, 46.65, 33.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.23, 57.15, 35.29°)
OKLab	oklab(41.66% 0.1332 0.0702)
OKLCH	oklch(41.66% 0.151 27.8)
XYZ	xyz(11.3091, 6.3305, 1.3853)
Luminance	0.0633 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C1916 #16898C

analogous

#8C164E #8C1916 #8C5416

triadic

#8C1916 #168C19 #19168C

tetradic

#8C1916 #4E8C16 #16898C #54168C

square

#8C1916 #4E8C16 #16898C #54168C

split-complementary

#8C1916 #168C54 #164E8C

monochromatic

#220605 #57100E #8C1916 #C1221E #E0403C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.27

#8C1916 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.27

#8C1916 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8C1916

9.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C1916	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8C1916	1.00	9.27	2.27	9.27
#FFFFFF	9.27	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.27	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3E3714

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A5010

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B001A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c1916;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 25, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.7% 0.151 27.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b76254',
    500: '#8c1916',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c1916;
$custom-light: #b76254;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c1916",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.525,
    "s": 72.84,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41656,
    "c": 0.15057,
    "h": 27.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.06329
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C1916

secondary

#3EBCC0

accent

#EBF038

background

#FCF6F4

surface

#F8EBE7

border

#D1C6C3

text

#130603

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C1916

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

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