#8C1919#8C1919

#8C1919 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.063; OKLCH L 41.7% C 0.150 H 26.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C1919
RGB	rgb(140, 25, 25)
HSL	hsl(0, 70%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(0, 82%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 82.1%, 82.1%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.26, 46.74, 31.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.26, 56.27, 33.83°)
OKLab	oklab(41.69% 0.1341 0.0676)
OKLCH	oklch(41.69% 0.15 26.8)
XYZ	xyz(11.3397, 6.3427, 1.5467)
Luminance	0.0634 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C1919 #198C8C

analogous

#8C1953 #8C1919 #8C5319

triadic

#8C1919 #198C19 #19198C

tetradic

#8C1919 #538C19 #198C8C #53198C

square

#8C1919 #538C19 #198C8C #53198C

split-complementary

#8C1919 #198C53 #19538C

monochromatic

#240606 #581010 #8C1919 #C02222 #DD4242

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.26

#8C1919 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.27

#8C1919 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8C1919

9.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C1919	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8C1919	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)

#3E3717

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A5013

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B001B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c1919;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 25, 25);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.7% 0.150 26.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b66256',
    500: '#8c1919',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c1919;
$custom-light: #b66256;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c1919",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 25
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 69.697,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41687,
    "c": 0.15021,
    "h": 26.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.06341
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C1919

secondary

#43BEBE

accent

#EDED3B

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130603

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C1919

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →