#8C1C19#8C1C19

#8C1C19 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.065; OKLCH L 41.9% C 0.148 H 27.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C1C19
RGB	rgb(140, 28, 25)
HSL	hsl(2, 70%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(2, 82%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 80%, 82.1%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.59, 45.82, 31.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.59, 55.69, 34.63°)
OKLab	oklab(41.93% 0.1312 0.0683)
OKLCH	oklch(41.93% 0.148 27.5)
XYZ	xyz(11.4073, 6.4780, 1.5693)
Luminance	0.0648 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C1C19 #19898C

analogous

#8C1950 #8C1C19 #8C5519

triadic

#8C1C19 #198C1C #1C198C

tetradic

#8C1C19 #508C19 #19898C #55198C

square

#8C1C19 #508C19 #19898C #55198C

split-complementary

#8C1C19 #198C55 #19508C

monochromatic

#240706 #581210 #8C1C19 #C02622 #DD4642

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.15

#8C1C19 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.30

#8C1C19 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8C1C19

9.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C1C19	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8C1C19	1.00	9.15	2.30	9.15
#FFFFFF	9.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3F3817

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B5114

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B001D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c1c19;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 28, 25);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.9% 0.148 27.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b66356',
    500: '#8c1c19',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c1c19;
$custom-light: #b66356;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c1c19",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 25
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.565,
    "s": 69.697,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4193,
    "c": 0.14797,
    "h": 27.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.06476
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C1C19

secondary

#43BBBE

accent

#E8ED3B

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130603

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C1C19

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

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