#8C1E32#8C1E32

#8C1E32 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.067; OKLCH L 42.5% C 0.144 H 16.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C1E32
RGB	rgb(140, 30, 50)
HSL	hsl(349, 65%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(349, 79%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78.6%, 64.3%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.20, 46.39, 16.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.20, 49.28, 19.73°)
OKLab	oklab(42.5% 0.1387 0.0403)
OKLCH	oklch(42.5% 0.144 16.2)
XYZ	xyz(11.8565, 6.7361, 3.6929)
Luminance	0.0673 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8C1E32 #1E8C78

analogous

#8C1E69 #8C1E32 #8C411E

triadic

#8C1E32 #328C1E #1E328C

tetradic

#8C1E32 #698C1E #1E8C78 #411E8C

square

#8C1E32 #698C1E #1E8C78 #411E8C

split-complementary

#8C1E32 #1E8C41 #1E698C

monochromatic

#27080E #5A1320 #8C1E32 #BE2944 #D94C65

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.95

#8C1E32 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.35

#8C1E32 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8C1E32

8.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C1E32	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8C1E32	1.00	8.95	2.35	8.95
#FFFFFF	8.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3D3B32

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#59522F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A0027

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c1e32;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 30, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.5% 0.144 16.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b46569',
    500: '#8c1e32',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c1e32;
$custom-light: #b46569;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c1e32",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 349.091,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 33.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42504,
    "c": 0.14439,
    "h": 16.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.06734
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C1E32

secondary

#4BBBA7

accent

#E8C940

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F7EBEB

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120606

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C1E32

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

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