#8C1923#8C1923

#8C1923 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.064; OKLCH L 41.8% C 0.149 H 22.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C1923
RGB	rgb(140, 25, 35)
HSL	hsl(355, 70%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(355, 82%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 82.1%, 75%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.39, 47.13, 25.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.39, 53.51, 28.26°)
OKLab	oklab(41.82% 0.1377 0.0575)
OKLCH	oklch(41.82% 0.149 22.7)
XYZ	xyz(11.4676, 6.3939, 2.2201)
Luminance	0.0639 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C1923 #198C82

analogous

#8C195C #8C1923 #8C4919

triadic

#8C1923 #238C19 #19238C

tetradic

#8C1923 #5C8C19 #198C82 #49198C

square

#8C1923 #5C8C19 #198C82 #49198C

split-complementary

#8C1923 #198C49 #195C8C

monochromatic

#240609 #581016 #8C1923 #C02230 #DD4250

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.22

#8C1923 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.28

#8C1923 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8C1923

9.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C1923	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8C1923	1.00	9.22	2.28	9.22
#FFFFFF	9.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3D3822

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#59501F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B001E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c1923;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 25, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.8% 0.149 22.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b6625e',
    500: '#8c1923',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c1923;
$custom-light: #b6625e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c1923",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.783,
    "s": 69.697,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41819,
    "c": 0.14916,
    "h": 22.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.06392
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C1923

secondary

#43BEB3

accent

#EDDD3B

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130604

muted

#827A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C1923

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

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