#8C1B2E#8C1B2E

#8C1B2E is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.066; OKLCH L 42.2% C 0.147 H 17.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C1B2E
RGB	rgb(140, 27, 46)
HSL	hsl(350, 68%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(350, 81%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 80.7%, 67.1%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.78, 47.10, 18.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.78, 50.68, 21.67°)
OKLab	oklab(42.17% 0.1401 0.0446)
OKLCH	oklch(42.17% 0.147 17.7)
XYZ	xyz(11.7016, 6.5584, 3.2340)
Luminance	0.0656 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C1B2E #1B8C79

analogous

#8C1B66 #8C1B2E #8C411B

triadic

#8C1B2E #2E8C1B #1B2E8C

tetradic

#8C1B2E #668C1B #1B8C79 #411B8C

square

#8C1B2E #668C1B #1B8C79 #411B8C

split-complementary

#8C1B2E #1B8C41 #1B668C

monochromatic

#25070C #59111D #8C1B2E #BF253F #DB465F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.09

#8C1B2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.31

#8C1B2E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8C1B2E

9.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C1B2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8C1B2E	1.00	9.09	2.31	9.09
#FFFFFF	9.09	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.09	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3C392E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#59512B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A0023

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c1b2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 27, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.2% 0.147 17.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b56366',
    500: '#8c1b2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c1b2e;
$custom-light: #b56366;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c1b2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 349.912,
    "s": 67.665,
    "l": 32.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42169,
    "c": 0.14702,
    "h": 17.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.06557
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C1B2E

secondary

#46BDA9

accent

#EBCD3D

background

#FCF6F6

surface

#F8EBEB

border

#D1C6C6

text

#120606

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C1B2E

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

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