#8C191F#8C191F

#8C191F is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.064; OKLCH L 41.8% C 0.150 H 24.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C191F
RGB	rgb(140, 25, 31)
HSL	hsl(357, 70%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(357, 82%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 82.1%, 77.9%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.33, 46.96, 27.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.33, 54.56, 30.61°)
OKLab	oklab(41.76% 0.1362 0.0618)
OKLCH	oklch(41.76% 0.15 24.4)
XYZ	xyz(11.4115, 6.3715, 1.9250)
Luminance	0.0637 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C191F #198C86

analogous

#8C1958 #8C191F #8C4D19

triadic

#8C191F #1F8C19 #191F8C

tetradic

#8C191F #588C19 #198C86 #4D198C

square

#8C191F #588C19 #198C86 #4D198C

split-complementary

#8C191F #198C4D #19588C

monochromatic

#240608 #581014 #8C191F #C0222A #DD424A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.23

#8C191F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.27

#8C191F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8C191F

9.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C191F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8C191F	1.00	9.23	2.27	9.23
#FFFFFF	9.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3D381E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A501A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B001D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c191f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 25, 31);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.8% 0.150 24.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b6625b',
    500: '#8c191f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c191f;
$custom-light: #b6625b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c191f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 31
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.87,
    "s": 69.697,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41761,
    "c": 0.14953,
    "h": 24.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.0637
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C191F

secondary

#43BEB8

accent

#EDE33B

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130604

muted

#827A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C191F

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

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