#8C1A35#8C1A35

#8C1A35 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.066; OKLCH L 42.2% C 0.148 H 13.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C1A35
RGB	rgb(140, 26, 53)
HSL	hsl(346, 69%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(346, 81%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 81.4%, 62.1%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.81, 47.84, 14.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.81, 49.89, 16.48°)
OKLab	oklab(42.24% 0.144 0.0347)
OKLCH	oklch(42.24% 0.148 13.6)
XYZ	xyz(11.8284, 6.5731, 4.0134)
Luminance	0.0657 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C1A35 #1A8C71

analogous

#8C1A6E #8C1A35 #8C381A

triadic

#8C1A35 #358C1A #1A358C

tetradic

#8C1A35 #6E8C1A #1A8C71 #381A8C

square

#8C1A35 #6E8C1A #1A8C71 #381A8C

split-complementary

#8C1A35 #1A8C38 #1A6E8C

monochromatic

#25070E #581021 #8C1A35 #C02449 #DC4468

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.07

#8C1A35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.31

#8C1A35 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8C1A35

9.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C1A35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8C1A35	1.00	9.07	2.31	9.07
#FFFFFF	9.07	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.07	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3B3A35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#585132

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A0026

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c1a35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 26, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.2% 0.148 13.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b4636b',
    500: '#8c1a35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c1a35;
$custom-light: #b4636b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c1a35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 345.789,
    "s": 68.675,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42241,
    "c": 0.1481,
    "h": 13.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.06571
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C1A35

secondary

#44BEA1

accent

#ECC23C

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F7EBEB

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120606

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C1A35

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

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