#8C191E#8C191E

#8C191E is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.064; OKLCH L 41.7% C 0.150 H 24.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C191E
RGB	rgb(140, 25, 30)
HSL	hsl(357, 70%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(357, 82%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 82.1%, 78.6%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.32, 46.92, 28.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.32, 54.84, 31.17°)
OKLab	oklab(41.75% 0.1358 0.0628)
OKLCH	oklch(41.75% 0.15 24.8)
XYZ	xyz(11.3986, 6.3663, 1.8567)
Luminance	0.0636 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C191E #198C87

analogous

#8C1958 #8C191E #8C4D19

triadic

#8C191E #1E8C19 #191E8C

tetradic

#8C191E #588C19 #198C87 #4D198C

square

#8C191E #588C19 #198C87 #4D198C

split-complementary

#8C191E #198C4D #19588C

monochromatic

#240608 #581013 #8C191E #C02229 #DD4249

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.24

#8C191E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.27

#8C191E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8C191E

9.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C191E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8C191E	1.00	9.24	2.27	9.24
#FFFFFF	9.24	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.24	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3E381D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A5019

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B001C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c191e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 25, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.7% 0.150 24.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b6625a',
    500: '#8c191e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c191e;
$custom-light: #b6625a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c191e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.391,
    "s": 69.697,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41748,
    "c": 0.14964,
    "h": 24.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.06364
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C191E

secondary

#43BEB9

accent

#EDE53B

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130603

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C191E

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

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