#8C1D2B#8C1D2B

#8C1D2B is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.066; OKLCH L 42.3% C 0.145 H 19.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C1D2B
RGB	rgb(140, 29, 43)
HSL	hsl(352, 66%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(352, 79%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 79.3%, 69.3%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.95, 46.30, 20.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.95, 50.79, 24.28°)
OKLab	oklab(42.28% 0.1369 0.0491)
OKLCH	oklch(42.28% 0.145 19.7)
XYZ	xyz(11.6919, 6.6304, 2.9492)
Luminance	0.0663 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C1D2B #1D8C7E

analogous

#8C1D62 #8C1D2B #8C461D

triadic

#8C1D2B #2B8C1D #1D2B8C

tetradic

#8C1D2B #628C1D #1D8C7E #461D8C

square

#8C1D2B #628C1D #1D8C7E #461D8C

split-complementary

#8C1D2B #1D8C46 #1D628C

monochromatic

#27080C #59121B #8C1D2B #BF283B #D94A5C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.03

#8C1D2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.33

#8C1D2B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8C1D2B

9.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C1D2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8C1D2B	1.00	9.03	2.33	9.03
#FFFFFF	9.03	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.03	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3E3A2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A5128

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A0023

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c1d2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 29, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.3% 0.145 19.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b56464',
    500: '#8c1d2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c1d2b;
$custom-light: #b56464;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c1d2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 29,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 352.432,
    "s": 65.68,
    "l": 33.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42278,
    "c": 0.14538,
    "h": 19.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.06629
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C1D2B

secondary

#49BCAD

accent

#E9D33F

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBEA

border

#D1C6C6

text

#120605

muted

#817A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C1D2B

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

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