#8C1E2E#8C1E2E

#8C1E2E is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.067; OKLCH L 42.4% C 0.144 H 18.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C1E2E
RGB	rgb(140, 30, 46)
HSL	hsl(351, 65%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(351, 79%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78.6%, 67.1%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.12, 46.14, 19.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.12, 49.96, 22.54°)
OKLab	oklab(42.42% 0.137 0.0456)
OKLCH	oklch(42.42% 0.144 18.4)
XYZ	xyz(11.7739, 6.7030, 3.2581)
Luminance	0.0670 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C1E2E #1E8C7C

analogous

#8C1E65 #8C1E2E #8C451E

triadic

#8C1E2E #2E8C1E #1E2E8C

tetradic

#8C1E2E #658C1E #1E8C7C #451E8C

square

#8C1E2E #658C1E #1E8C7C #451E8C

split-complementary

#8C1E2E #1E8C45 #1E658C

monochromatic

#27080D #5A131D #8C1E2E #BE293F #D94C60

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.97

#8C1E2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.34

#8C1E2E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8C1E2E

8.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C1E2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8C1E2E	1.00	8.97	2.34	8.97
#FFFFFF	8.97	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.97	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3E3A2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A522B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A0025

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c1e2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 30, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.4% 0.144 18.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b56566',
    500: '#8c1e2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c1e2e;
$custom-light: #b56566;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c1e2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 351.273,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 33.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42422,
    "c": 0.1444,
    "h": 18.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.06701
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C1E2E

secondary

#4BBBAB

accent

#E8CF40

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F7EBEB

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120606

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C1E2E

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

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