#8C1B2C#8C1B2C

#8C1B2C is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.065; OKLCH L 42.1% C 0.147 H 18.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C1B2C
RGB	rgb(140, 27, 44)
HSL	hsl(351, 68%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(351, 81%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 80.7%, 68.6%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.74, 46.98, 19.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.74, 51.05, 23.03°)
OKLab	oklab(42.13% 0.1393 0.0472)
OKLCH	oklch(42.13% 0.147 18.7)
XYZ	xyz(11.6631, 6.5430, 3.0312)
Luminance	0.0654 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C1B2C #1B8C7B

analogous

#8C1B65 #8C1B2C #8C421B

triadic

#8C1B2C #2C8C1B #1B2C8C

tetradic

#8C1B2C #658C1B #1B8C7B #421B8C

square

#8C1B2C #658C1B #1B8C7B #421B8C

split-complementary

#8C1B2C #1B8C42 #1B658C

monochromatic

#25070C #59111C #8C1B2C #BF253C #DB465D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.10

#8C1B2C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.31

#8C1B2C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8C1B2C

9.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C1B2C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8C1B2C	1.00	9.10	2.31	9.10
#FFFFFF	9.10	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.10	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3D392C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#595129

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A0023

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c1b2c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 27, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.1% 0.147 18.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b56365',
    500: '#8c1b2c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c1b2c;
$custom-light: #b56365;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c1b2c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 350.973,
    "s": 67.665,
    "l": 32.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4213,
    "c": 0.14706,
    "h": 18.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.06541
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C1B2C

secondary

#46BDAB

accent

#EBD03D

background

#FCF6F6

surface

#F8EBEB

border

#D1C6C6

text

#120605

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C1B2C

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

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