#8C191A#8C191A

#8C191A is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.063; OKLCH L 41.7% C 0.150 H 26.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C191A
RGB	rgb(140, 25, 26)
HSL	hsl(359, 70%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(359, 82%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 82.1%, 81.4%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.27, 46.78, 30.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.27, 55.98, 33.32°)
OKLab	oklab(41.7% 0.1344 0.0667)
OKLCH	oklch(41.7% 0.15 26.4)
XYZ	xyz(11.3507, 6.3471, 1.6045)
Luminance	0.0635 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C191A #198C8B

analogous

#8C1954 #8C191A #8C5119

triadic

#8C191A #1A8C19 #191A8C

tetradic

#8C191A #548C19 #198C8B #51198C

square

#8C191A #548C19 #198C8B #51198C

split-complementary

#8C191A #198C51 #19548C

monochromatic

#240607 #581010 #8C191A #C02224 #DD4243

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.26

#8C191A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.27

#8C191A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8C191A

9.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C191A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8C191A	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)

#3E3718

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A5015

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B001B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c191a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 25, 26);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.7% 0.150 26.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b66257',
    500: '#8c191a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c191a;
$custom-light: #b66257;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c191a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 26
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.478,
    "s": 69.697,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41699,
    "c": 0.15009,
    "h": 26.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.06345
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C191A

secondary

#43BEBD

accent

#EDEB3B

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130603

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C191A

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

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