#8C1D2D#8C1D2D

#8C1D2D is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.066; OKLCH L 42.3% C 0.145 H 18.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C1D2D
RGB	rgb(140, 29, 45)
HSL	hsl(351, 66%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(351, 79%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 79.3%, 67.9%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.99, 46.41, 19.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.99, 50.39, 22.93°)
OKLab	oklab(42.32% 0.1377 0.0465)
OKLCH	oklch(42.32% 0.145 18.7)
XYZ	xyz(11.7295, 6.6454, 3.1472)
Luminance	0.0664 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C1D2D #1D8C7C

analogous

#8C1D64 #8C1D2D #8C441D

triadic

#8C1D2D #2D8C1D #1D2D8C

tetradic

#8C1D2D #648C1D #1D8C7C #441D8C

square

#8C1D2D #648C1D #1D8C7C #441D8C

split-complementary

#8C1D2D #1D8C44 #1D648C

monochromatic

#27080C #59121D #8C1D2D #BF283D #D94A5F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.02

#8C1D2D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.33

#8C1D2D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8C1D2D

9.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C1D2D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8C1D2D	1.00	9.02	2.33	9.02
#FFFFFF	9.02	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.02	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3E3A2D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#59512A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A0024

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c1d2d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 29, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.3% 0.145 18.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b56465',
    500: '#8c1d2d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c1d2d;
$custom-light: #b56465;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c1d2d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 29,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 351.351,
    "s": 65.68,
    "l": 33.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42316,
    "c": 0.14532,
    "h": 18.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.06644
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C1D2D

secondary

#49BCAB

accent

#E9D03F

background

#FCF6F6

surface

#F8EBEB

border

#D1C6C6

text

#120605

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C1D2D

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

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