#8C1E2B#8C1E2B

#8C1E2B is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.067; OKLCH L 42.4% C 0.145 H 20.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C1E2B
RGB	rgb(140, 30, 43)
HSL	hsl(353, 65%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(353, 79%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78.6%, 69.3%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.07, 45.97, 21.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.07, 50.55, 24.59°)
OKLab	oklab(42.37% 0.1358 0.0494)
OKLCH	oklch(42.37% 0.145 20)
XYZ	xyz(11.7168, 6.6802, 2.9575)
Luminance	0.0668 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C1E2B #1E8C7F

analogous

#8C1E62 #8C1E2B #8C481E

triadic

#8C1E2B #2B8C1E #1E2B8C

tetradic

#8C1E2B #628C1E #1E8C7F #481E8C

square

#8C1E2B #628C1E #1E8C7F #481E8C

split-complementary

#8C1E2B #1E8C48 #1E628C

monochromatic

#27080C #5A131C #8C1E2B #BE293A #D94C5C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.99

#8C1E2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.34

#8C1E2B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8C1E2B

8.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C1E2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8C1E2B	1.00	8.99	2.34	8.99
#FFFFFF	8.99	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.99	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3E3A2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A5228

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A0024

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c1e2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 30, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.4% 0.145 20.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b56464',
    500: '#8c1e2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c1e2b;
$custom-light: #b56464;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c1e2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 352.909,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 33.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42365,
    "c": 0.14451,
    "h": 20
  },
  "luminance": 0.06678
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C1E2B

secondary

#4BBBAE

accent

#E8D440

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBEA

border

#D1C6C6

text

#120605

muted

#817A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C1E2B

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

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