#8C1E28#8C1E28

#8C1E28 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.067; OKLCH L 42.3% C 0.145 H 21.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C1E28
RGB	rgb(140, 30, 40)
HSL	hsl(355, 65%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(355, 79%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78.6%, 71.4%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.02, 45.81, 22.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.02, 51.21, 26.56°)
OKLab	oklab(42.31% 0.1346 0.0531)
OKLCH	oklch(42.31% 0.145 21.5)
XYZ	xyz(11.6638, 6.6590, 2.6782)
Luminance	0.0666 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C1E28 #1E8C82

analogous

#8C1E5F #8C1E28 #8C4B1E

triadic

#8C1E28 #288C1E #1E288C

tetradic

#8C1E28 #5F8C1E #1E8C82 #4B1E8C

square

#8C1E28 #5F8C1E #1E8C82 #4B1E8C

split-complementary

#8C1E28 #1E8C4B #1E5F8C

monochromatic

#27080B #5A131A #8C1E28 #BE2936 #D94C59

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.01

#8C1E28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.33

#8C1E28 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8C1E28

9.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C1E28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8C1E28	1.00	9.01	2.33	9.01
#FFFFFF	9.01	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.01	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3F3A27

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A5124

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A0023

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c1e28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 30, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.3% 0.145 21.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b56461',
    500: '#8c1e28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c1e28;
$custom-light: #b56461;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c1e28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.545,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 33.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42312,
    "c": 0.14469,
    "h": 21.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.06657
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C1E28

secondary

#4BBBB1

accent

#E8D840

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBEA

border

#D1C6C6

text

#130605

muted

#827A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C1E28

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