#8C1924#8C1924

#8C1924 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.064; OKLCH L 41.8% C 0.149 H 22.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C1924
RGB	rgb(140, 25, 36)
HSL	hsl(354, 70%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(354, 82%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 82.1%, 74.3%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.40, 47.18, 24.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.40, 53.26, 27.65°)
OKLab	oklab(41.83% 0.138 0.0563)
OKLCH	oklch(41.83% 0.149 22.2)
XYZ	xyz(11.4826, 6.3999, 2.2994)
Luminance	0.0640 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C1924 #198C81

analogous

#8C195D #8C1924 #8C4819

triadic

#8C1924 #248C19 #19248C

tetradic

#8C1924 #5D8C19 #198C81 #48198C

square

#8C1924 #5D8C19 #198C81 #48198C

split-complementary

#8C1924 #198C48 #195D8C

monochromatic

#240609 #581017 #8C1924 #C02231 #DD4251

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.21

#8C1924 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.28

#8C1924 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8C1924

9.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C1924	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8C1924	1.00	9.21	2.28	9.21
#FFFFFF	9.21	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.21	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3D3823

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#595020

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A001E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c1924;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 25, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.8% 0.149 22.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b6625e',
    500: '#8c1924',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c1924;
$custom-light: #b6625e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c1924",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.261,
    "s": 69.697,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41834,
    "c": 0.14908,
    "h": 22.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.06398
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C1924

secondary

#43BEB2

accent

#EDDC3B

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130604

muted

#827A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C1924

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

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