#8C1918#8C1918

#8C1918 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.063; OKLCH L 41.7% C 0.150 H 27.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C1918
RGB	rgb(140, 25, 24)
HSL	hsl(1, 71%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(1, 83%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 82.1%, 82.9%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.25, 46.71, 31.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.25, 56.56, 34.33°)
OKLab	oklab(41.68% 0.1338 0.0685)
OKLCH	oklch(41.68% 0.15 27.1)
XYZ	xyz(11.3291, 6.3385, 1.4909)
Luminance	0.0634 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8C1918 #188B8C

analogous

#8C1851 #8C1918 #8C5318

triadic

#8C1918 #188C19 #19188C

tetradic

#8C1918 #518C18 #188B8C #53188C

square

#8C1918 #518C18 #188B8C #53188C

split-complementary

#8C1918 #188C53 #18518C

monochromatic

#240606 #58100F #8C1918 #C02221 #DE4140

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.26

#8C1918 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.27

#8C1918 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8C1918

9.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C1918	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8C1918	1.00	9.26	2.27	9.26
#FFFFFF	9.26	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.26	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3E3716

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A5012

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B001B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c1918;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 25, 24);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.7% 0.150 27.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b66256',
    500: '#8c1918',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c1918;
$custom-light: #b66256;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c1918",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 24
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.517,
    "s": 70.732,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41676,
    "c": 0.15032,
    "h": 27.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.06337
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C1918

secondary

#41BEBF

accent

#ECED3A

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130603

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C1918

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

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