#8C1927#8C1927

#8C1927 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.064; OKLCH L 41.9% C 0.149 H 20.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C1927
RGB	rgb(140, 25, 39)
HSL	hsl(353, 70%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(353, 82%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 82.1%, 72.1%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.45, 47.32, 22.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.45, 52.55, 25.78°)
OKLab	oklab(41.88% 0.1392 0.0528)
OKLCH	oklch(41.88% 0.149 20.8)
XYZ	xyz(11.5304, 6.4190, 2.5509)
Luminance	0.0642 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C1927 #198C7E

analogous

#8C1960 #8C1927 #8C4519

triadic

#8C1927 #278C19 #19278C

tetradic

#8C1927 #608C19 #198C7E #45198C

square

#8C1927 #608C19 #198C7E #45198C

split-complementary

#8C1927 #198C45 #19608C

monochromatic

#24060A #581019 #8C1927 #C02235 #DD4255

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.20

#8C1927 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.28

#8C1927 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8C1927

9.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C1927	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8C1927	1.00	9.20	2.28	9.20
#FFFFFF	9.20	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.20	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3D3827

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#595023

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A0020

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c1927;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 25, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.9% 0.149 20.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b56261',
    500: '#8c1927',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c1927;
$custom-light: #b56261;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c1927",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 352.696,
    "s": 69.697,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41883,
    "c": 0.14888,
    "h": 20.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.06417
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C1927

secondary

#43BEAF

accent

#EDD73B

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130605

muted

#827A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C1927

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

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