#8C1C2E#8C1C2E

#8C1C2E is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.066; OKLCH L 42.3% C 0.146 H 17.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C1C2E
RGB	rgb(140, 28, 46)
HSL	hsl(350, 67%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(350, 80%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 80%, 67.1%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.89, 46.79, 18.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.89, 50.45, 21.95°)
OKLab	oklab(42.25% 0.1391 0.0449)
OKLCH	oklch(42.25% 0.146 17.9)
XYZ	xyz(11.7249, 6.6050, 3.2418)
Luminance	0.0660 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C1C2E #1C8C7A

analogous

#8C1C66 #8C1C2E #8C421C

triadic

#8C1C2E #2E8C1C #1C2E8C

tetradic

#8C1C2E #668C1C #1C8C7A #421C8C

square

#8C1C2E #668C1C #1C8C7A #421C8C

split-complementary

#8C1C2E #1C8C42 #1C668C

monochromatic

#26080C #59121D #8C1C2E #BF263F #DA4860

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.05

#8C1C2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.32

#8C1C2E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8C1C2E

9.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C1C2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8C1C2E	1.00	9.05	2.32	9.05
#FFFFFF	9.05	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.32	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.05	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3D3A2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#59512B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A0024

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c1c2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 28, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.3% 0.146 17.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b56466',
    500: '#8c1c2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c1c2e;
$custom-light: #b56466;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c1c2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 350.357,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 32.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42251,
    "c": 0.14617,
    "h": 17.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.06603
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C1C2E

secondary

#48BCAA

accent

#EACE3E

background

#FCF6F6

surface

#F8EBEB

border

#D1C6C6

text

#120606

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C1C2E

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

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