#8C1D2A#8C1D2A

#8C1D2A is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.066; OKLCH L 42.3% C 0.145 H 20.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C1D2A
RGB	rgb(140, 29, 42)
HSL	hsl(353, 66%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(353, 79%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 79.3%, 70%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.93, 46.24, 21.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.93, 51.00, 24.95°)
OKLab	oklab(42.26% 0.1364 0.0503)
OKLCH	oklch(42.26% 0.145 20.2)
XYZ	xyz(11.6738, 6.6231, 2.8538)
Luminance	0.0662 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C1D2A #1D8C7F

analogous

#8C1D61 #8C1D2A #8C471D

triadic

#8C1D2A #2A8C1D #1D2A8C

tetradic

#8C1D2A #618C1D #1D8C7F #471D8C

square

#8C1D2A #618C1D #1D8C7F #471D8C

split-complementary

#8C1D2A #1D8C47 #1D618C

monochromatic

#27080C #59121B #8C1D2A #BF2839 #D94A5B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.04

#8C1D2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.32

#8C1D2A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8C1D2A

9.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C1D2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8C1D2A	1.00	9.04	2.32	9.04
#FFFFFF	9.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.32	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3E3A2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A5127

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A0023

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c1d2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 29, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.3% 0.145 20.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b56463',
    500: '#8c1d2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c1d2a;
$custom-light: #b56463;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c1d2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 29,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 352.973,
    "s": 65.68,
    "l": 33.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4226,
    "c": 0.14544,
    "h": 20.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.06621
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C1D2A

secondary

#49BCAE

accent

#E9D53F

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBEA

border

#D1C6C6

text

#120605

muted

#817A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C1D2A

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

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