#8C1E2F#8C1E2F

#8C1E2F is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.067; OKLCH L 42.4% C 0.144 H 17.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C1E2F
RGB	rgb(140, 30, 47)
HSL	hsl(351, 65%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(351, 79%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78.6%, 66.4%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.14, 46.20, 18.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.14, 49.78, 21.85°)
OKLab	oklab(42.44% 0.1374 0.0443)
OKLCH	oklch(42.44% 0.144 17.9)
XYZ	xyz(11.7939, 6.7110, 3.3631)
Luminance	0.0671 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C1E2F #1E8C7B

analogous

#8C1E66 #8C1E2F #8C441E

triadic

#8C1E2F #2F8C1E #1E2F8C

tetradic

#8C1E2F #668C1E #1E8C7B #441E8C

square

#8C1E2F #668C1E #1E8C7B #441E8C

split-complementary

#8C1E2F #1E8C44 #1E668C

monochromatic

#27080D #5A131E #8C1E2F #BE2940 #D94C62

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.97

#8C1E2F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.34

#8C1E2F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8C1E2F

8.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C1E2F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8C1E2F	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)

#3E3B2F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#59522C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A0025

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c1e2f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 30, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.4% 0.144 17.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b56567',
    500: '#8c1e2f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c1e2f;
$custom-light: #b56567;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c1e2f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 350.727,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 33.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42442,
    "c": 0.14438,
    "h": 17.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.06709
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C1E2F

secondary

#4BBBAA

accent

#E8CE40

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F7EBEB

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120606

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C1E2F

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

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