#8C1E2A#8C1E2A

#8C1E2A is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.067; OKLCH L 42.3% C 0.145 H 20.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C1E2A
RGB	rgb(140, 30, 42)
HSL	hsl(353, 65%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(353, 79%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78.6%, 70%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.05, 45.91, 21.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.05, 50.76, 25.25°)
OKLab	oklab(42.35% 0.1354 0.0507)
OKLCH	oklch(42.35% 0.145 20.5)
XYZ	xyz(11.6987, 6.6730, 2.8621)
Luminance	0.0667 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C1E2A #1E8C80

analogous

#8C1E61 #8C1E2A #8C491E

triadic

#8C1E2A #2A8C1E #1E2A8C

tetradic

#8C1E2A #618C1E #1E8C80 #491E8C

square

#8C1E2A #618C1E #1E8C80 #491E8C

split-complementary

#8C1E2A #1E8C49 #1E618C

monochromatic

#27080C #5A131B #8C1E2A #BE2939 #D94C5B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.00

#8C1E2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.33

#8C1E2A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8C1E2A

9.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C1E2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8C1E2A	1.00	9.00	2.33	9.00
#FFFFFF	9.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3E3A2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A5127

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A0024

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c1e2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 30, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.3% 0.145 20.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b56463',
    500: '#8c1e2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c1e2a;
$custom-light: #b56463;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c1e2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.455,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 33.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42347,
    "c": 0.14455,
    "h": 20.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.06671
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C1E2A

secondary

#4BBBAF

accent

#E8D540

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBEA

border

#D1C6C6

text

#120605

muted

#817A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C1E2A

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

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